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whitetip reef shark

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small species of requiem shark, Triaenodon obesus.

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stompkophaai — Triaenodon obesus
  • Catalan: tauró de puntes blanques — Triaenodon obesus
  • Czech: žralok lagunový — Triaenodon obesus
  • Danish: hvidtippet revhaj — Triaenodon obesus
  • Dhivehi: އޮޅުފަތި މިޔަރު (oḷufati miyaru) — Triaenodon obesus
  • Dutch: witpuntrifhaai — Triaenodon obesus
  • Finnish: valkoevähai — Triaenodon obesus
  • French: requin corail — Triaenodon obesus
  • German: Weißspitzen-Riffhai — Triaenodon obesus
  • Hungarian: fehéruszonyú szirtcápa — Triaenodon obesus
  • Italian: squalo pinna bianca del reef — Triaenodon obesus
  • Polish: żarłacz gruby — Triaenodon obesus
  • Russian: ри́фовая аку́ла (rífovaja akúla) — Triaenodon obesus
  • Serbo-Croatian: белорепа гребенска ајкула — Triaenodon obesus
  • Serbo-Croatian: belorepa grebenska ajkula — Triaenodon obesus
  • Slovak: žralok bielohrotý — Triaenodon obesus
  • Swedish: korallhaj — Triaenodon obesus