Definition of "whitetip" []

• The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus (noun)
• The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus (noun)
• Any of the hummingbirds of the Urosticte genus, characterized by the white tips on the males' rectrices (noun)

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• "Shark advocates had high hopes going into the two-week meeting as up for discussion were proposals to regulate the trade in porbeagle, spiny dogfish, oceanic whitetip and scalloped hammerhead sharks."
• "It is believed that an oceanic whitetip and a mako shark, which have been caught in waters near the city, are responsible for the attacks."
• "Last week, for example, negotiators at the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas - which oversees dozens of fish stocks in the Atlantic Ocean - imposed new restrictions on vulnerable species such as oceanic whitetip and hammerhead sharks."