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noun
Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus.
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noun
Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
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noun
Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
Any of the hummingbirds of the Urosticte genus, characterized by the white tips on the males' rectrices.
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noun
Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Episynlestes, endemic to Australia.
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Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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History
From white + tip.
