whitetip

See also: white-tip

English

Etymology

white +‎ tip

Noun

whitetip (plural whitetips)

  1. the oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus
  2. the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus
  3. any of the hummingbirds of the Urosticte genus, characterized by the white tips on the males' rectrices
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