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Basking shark is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BASKING SHARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Basking shark

The basking shark is the second-largest living fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating sharks besides the whale shark and megamouth shark. It is a cosmopolitan migratory species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow-moving filter feeder and has anatomical adaptations to filter feeding, such as a greatly enlarged mouth and highly developed gill rakers. The shape of its snout is conical and the gill slits extend around the top and bottom of its head. The gill rakers, dark and bristle-like, are used to catch plankton as water filters through the mouth and over the gills. The basking shark is usually greyish-brown in color with mottled skin. The caudal fin has a strong lateral keel and a crescent shape. The teeth of the basking shark are very small and numerous, and often number one hundred per row. The teeth have a single conical cusp, are curved backwards, and are the same on both the upper and lower jaws. Adults typically reach 6-8 m in length. Basking sharks are believed to overwinter in deep waters. They may be found in either small schools or alone.

Definition of basking shark in the English dictionary

The definition of basking shark in the dictionary is a very large plankton-eating shark, Cetorhinus maximus, often floating at the sea surface: family Cetorhinidae Also called: sailfish.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BASKING SHARK

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Synonyms and antonyms of basking shark in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «basking shark» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASKING SHARK

Find out the translation of basking shark to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of basking shark from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «basking shark» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

姥鲨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiburón peregrino
570 millions of speakers

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basking shark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

basking शार्क
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الفرح القرش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гигантская акула
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tubarão-frade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেসকিং হাঙ্গর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

requin pèlerin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yu berjemur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Riesenhai
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウバザメ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몸을 녹이는 상어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basking shark
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phơi cá mập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கால்பந்து சுறா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेसकिंग शार्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyük camgöz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

squalo elefante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Żarłacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гігантська акула
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rechinul pelerin
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καρχαρία προσκυνητή
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bak haai
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

brugd
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

brugde
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about basking shark

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASKING SHARK»

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Basking Sharks: The Slaughter of BC's Gentle Giants
Basking Sharks is Number 14 in the Transmontanus series of books edited by Terry Glavin.
Scott Wallace, Brian Gisborne, 2006
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The Basking Shark in Scotland: Natural History, Fishery and ...
The Basking Shark in Scotland is based on archival sources, early historical works and interviews with surviving shark hunters.
Denis Fairfax, 1998
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How to Draw Sharks
The basking shark is the world's second-biggest shark. It can grow to 40 feet (1 2.2 m) long and weigh more than 8,500 pounds (3.9 tonnes). It eats small shrimp and plankton just as the whale shark does. It swims through the water with its ...
Justin Lee, 2002
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Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue ...
lnterest to Fisheries and Human Impact: The basking shark has been the object of small-scale targeted harpoon fisheries from small boats and small ships (some built and equipped like whale-catchers) during the eighteenth, nineteenth and ...
Leonard J. V. Compagno, 2001
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A Preliminary Evaluation of the Status of Shark Species
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) The basking shark is the second largest fish in the world, its size exceed only by the whale shark. Like the whale shark, it is a filter-feeder. It is a migratory species of the sub-polar and cold temperate seas ...
José Ignacio Castro, Christa M. Woodley, Rebecca L. Brudek, 1999
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The Basking Shark Rescue Team
This is a story of friendship and teamwork among an unusual group of animals and children.
Bill Brutocao, W. J. Brutocao, 2010
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Basking Sharks
An introduction to the physical characteristics and behavior of the basking shark.
Adam G. Klein, 2010
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The Admissible Contents of Experience
Let us consider each in turn. Why think that perceptual experiences have accuracy-conditions? Suppose I have a visual experience I would describe as being a visual experience as of a basking shark on the shore. One might think that this ...
Katherine Hawley, Fiona Macpherson, 2011
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Overview of the Conservation Status of Cartilaginous Fishes ...
... protected Protected fauna species Conservation of flora species fauna species European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (1979) White shark Shortfin mako shark Carcharodon carcharias Isurus oxyrinchus Basking shark Porbeagle Cetorhinus  ...
Rachel D. Cavanagh, Claudine Gibson, IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2007
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Basking with Humpbacks: Tracking Threatened Marine Life in ...
... is the white shark, which I dabble with and continue to find; and then I do a lot of work with coastal species that rely on estuarine habitat—sandbar sharks, duskies, sand. Basking Shark.
Todd McLeish, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASKING SHARK»

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Discover Ireland Facebook Fans: 100000 Thank Yous
Basking shark can be as big as buses, but they're nothing to. ... An amateur video has captured the rare sight of a basking shark. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Mother Nature and the Messiah Collide: Is the World Witnessing …
Although the shark in Maine turned out to be a basking shark and not a Great White as was first feared, North Carolina is experiencing a rash of ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
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Victoria Museum 3D Scans Rare 20-Foot Long Basking Shark – 3D …
Recently these technologies came into play after researchers in Australia unexpectedly came upon the specimen of a rare basking shark. It was ... «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»
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Herne Bay shark: 5 things to know for next time
The shark spotted off the coast of Herne Bay earlier this week has been identified by experts as a basking shark. And fortunately for those who ... «Canterbury Times, Jul 15»
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What's A Mega Shark? Just One Of Nature & Shark Week's Most …
Between a basking shark caught in Australia earlier this year, which National Geographic calls ”something out of the time of the dinosaurs” to ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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Scientists relish the head of a rare basking shark, all 600kg of it
Scientists were excited last month when fishermen from western Victoria reported they'd accidentally caught a rare basking shark. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
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Sunbathers flee beach after shark spotted in Kent
Several species of shark are regularly seen off the Kent coast including the huge but harmless basking shark which can grow up to 26 feet long. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Travel TV: Why the Wild Atlantic Way is perfect for a shark park
Basking shark can be as big as buses, but they're nothing to worry about... in fact, they could become an iconic tourist attraction. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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Travel TV: Could Ireland get a Shark Park?
Blue Billywig Video Player. Basking shark aren't just gentle giants cruising offshore... they could become an iconic tourist attraction. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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Extremely rare basking shark caught off Australian coast
A seldom-seen ocean giant, a 6.3 metre and two tonne Basking Shark, has been caught off the west coast of Victoria. It is only the third time ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»

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