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Basking shark

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  1. 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.

    "Like the whale shark, the basking shark is a huge, slow-moving plankton feeder. Also like the whale shark, the basking shark is the sole member of a family created especially to accommodate it."

  2. 2
    large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface wordnet

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