whitetip shark   (TTS Sound)

The noun whitetip shark has 2 senses

• whitetip shark, reef whitetip shark, Triaenodon obseus -- (smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins)


• whitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, Carcharinus longimanus -- (large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark)