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basking shark

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cetorhinus maximus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mackerel shark

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: momu — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Asturian: pexebobu — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Asturian: pexe d'agua mala — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Catalan: pelegrí — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Catalan: tauró pelegrí — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Catalan: escanyabots — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姥鲨 (lǎoshā) — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Czech: žralok veliký — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Danish: brugde — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Esperanto: cetorino — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Faroese: brugda — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Faroese: brugða — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Faroese: hákallur — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Finnish: jättiläishai — Cetorhinus maximus
  • French: requin pèlerin — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Galician: tiburón peregrino — Cetorhinus maximus
  • German: Riesenhai — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Greenlandic: eqalussuarnaq — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Hungarian: óriáscápa — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Icelandic: beinhákarl — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Icelandic: barði — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Icelandic: rýnir — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Icelandic: beinagráni — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Irish: liamhán gréine — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Irish: seoltóir — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Italian: squalo elefante — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Italian: squalo cetorino — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Japanese: 姥鮫 (ubazame) — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Navajo: łóóʼntsxaaí díníchʼahii — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brugde — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brugde — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Polish: długoszpar — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Polish: rekin olbrzymi — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Portuguese: tubarão-frade — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Portuguese: tubarão-peregrino — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Russian: гига́нтская аку́ла (gigántskaja akúla) — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearban — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Slovak: žralok obrovský — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Slovak: žralok ozrutný — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Slovak: obroň sťahovavý — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Spanish: tiburón peregrino — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Swedish: brugd — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Turkish: büyük camgöz — Cetorhinus maximus
  • Volapük: gianajak — Cetorhinus maximus