basking shark

English

A basking shark

Noun

basking shark (plural basking sharks)

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.

Translations

Cetorhinus maximus

Catalan: pelegrí (ca) m
Czech: žralok veliký m
Danish: brugde c
Faroese: brugda f, brugða f, hákallur m
Finnish: jättiläishai (fi)
French: requin pèlerin (fr) m
German: Riesenhai (de) m
Hungarian: óriáscápa (hu)
Icelandic: beinhákarl (is) m, barði m, rýnir m, beinagráni m
Irish: liamhán gréine m, seoltóir m

Italian: squalo elefante m, squalo cetorino m
Navajo: łóóʼntsxaaí díníchʼahii
Polish: długoszpar m
Portuguese: tubarão-frade m, tubarão-peregrino m
Russian: гига́нтская аку́ла f (gigántskaja akúla)
Scottish Gaelic: cearban m
Slovak: žralok obrovský m, žralok ozrutný m, obroň sťahovavý m
Spanish: tiburón peregrino m
Swedish: brugd (sv) c
Volapük: gianajak (vo)

Further reading

basking shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cetorhinus maximus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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