whale shark

English

The large creature in this picture is the whale shark

Noun

whale shark (plural whale sharks)

A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.

Translations

Rhincodon typus

Dhivehi: ފެހުރިހި‎‎ (fehurihi)
Dutch: walvishaai
French: requin-baleine (fr) m
German: Walhai (de)
Irish: míolsiorc m
Italian: squalo balena
Navajo: łóóʼntsxaaí łikizhígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvalhai m, kvalhai m

Nynorsk: kvalhai m

Polish: rekin wielorybi
Portuguese: tubarão-baleia m
Russian: кито́вая аку́ла f (kitóvaja akúla)
Swedish: valhaj (sv) c
Tagalog: butanding, isdantuko

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