basking shark

Noun
  1. Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark;
    Often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface (synset 101488120)
    is a type of: mackerel shark - fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
    belongs to: cetorhinus, genus cetorhinus - comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae
    same as: cetorhinus maximus

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