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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The basking-shark, Cetorhinus maximus, found in the arctic seas. It reaches a length of nearly 40 feet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.

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