[hwahyt-tip, wahyt-] 
| 1. | Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea. |
| 2. | Also called oceanic whitetip shark. a large, predominantly tropical deepwater shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, inhabiting Atlantic and Pacific waters: considered to be the most dangerous of all sharks. |
| whitetip shark | |
noun | |
| 1. | smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins |
| 2. | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark |
