rhinodon
rhinodon noun: a whale shark of the Indian Ocean.
Noun
rhinodon (plural rhinodons)
- A whale shark of the Indian Ocean.
- But there were stories told me of how a harpooned rhinodon, having by a lightning-like dive exhausted the supply of rope, which had been accidentally fastened to the boat, dived deeper still, and so pulled pirogue and crew to the bottom" — as, being a true fish, it remains at the bottom as readily...1877, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Volume 54, page 154
- I was most interested to read in COUNTRY LIFE on June 28 the account of the rhinodon, or whale shark, in the Gulf of Akaba, who in the year 1943 bumped into a boat containing Fishery officials of the Palestine Government.1946, Major C. S. Jarvis, “A countryman's Notes”, in Country Life, volume 100, page 111
Forms of rhinodon
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Origin of rhinodon
From Ancient Greek ῥίνη (rhínē, “rasp”) + translingual -odon.
Questions about rhinodon
- What does rhinodon mean?
- Rhinodon means a whale shark of the Indian Ocean.
- What part of speech is rhinodon?
- Rhinodon is a noun.
- What is the plural of rhinodon?
- The plural of rhinodon is rhinodons.
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