"basking shark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: basking sharks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} basking shark (plural basking sharks)
  1. A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans. Categories (lifeform): Lamniform sharks Translations (Cetorhinus maximus): pelegrí [masculine] (Catalan), tauró pelegrí [masculine] (Catalan), escanyabots [masculine] (Catalan), žralok veliký [masculine] (Czech), brugde [common-gender] (Danish), cetorino (Esperanto), brugda [feminine] (Faroese), brugða [feminine] (Faroese), hákallur [masculine] (Faroese), jättiläishai (Finnish), requin pèlerin [masculine] (French), tiburón peregrino [masculine] (Galician), Riesenhai [masculine] (German), eqalussuarnaq (Greenlandic), óriáscápa (Hungarian), beinhákarl [masculine] (Icelandic), barði [masculine] (Icelandic), rýnir [masculine] (Icelandic), beinagráni [masculine] (Icelandic), liamhán gréine [masculine] (Irish), seoltóir [masculine] (Irish), squalo elefante [masculine] (Italian), squalo cetorino [masculine] (Italian), ウバザメ (ubazame) (Japanese), łóóʼntsxaaí díníchʼahii (Navajo), brugde [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brugde [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), długoszpar [masculine] (Polish), rekin olbrzymi [masculine] (Polish), tubarão-frade [masculine] (Portuguese), tubarão-peregrino [masculine] (Portuguese), гига́нтская аку́ла (gigántskaja akúla) [feminine] (Russian), cearban [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), žralok obrovský [masculine] (Slovak), žralok ozrutný [masculine] (Slovak), obroň sťahovavý [masculine] (Slovak), tiburón peregrino [masculine] (Spanish), brugd [common-gender] (Swedish), gianajak (Volapük)

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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brugde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brugde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "długoszpar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rekin olbrzymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubarão-frade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubarão-peregrino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gigántskaja akúla",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гига́нтская аку́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cearban"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žralok obrovský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žralok ozrutný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obroň sťahovavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiburón peregrino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brugd"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Cetorhinus maximus",
      "word": "gianajak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "basking shark"
}

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