Definition of Cetorhinus maximus

1. Noun. Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface.

Exact synonyms: Basking Shark
Generic synonyms: Mackerel Shark
Group relationships: Cetorhinus, Genus Cetorhinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cetorhinus Maximus

Cestrum diurnum
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestum
Cestum veneris
Cet mac Mágach
Ceterach
Ceterach officinarum
Cethern mac Fintain
Cethleen
Ceto
Cetonia
Cetonia aurata
Cetoniidae
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus
Cetorhinus maximus (current term)
Cetraria islandica
Cetti's warbler
Cetti's warblers
Cetus
Ceuta
Ceyhan
Ceylon
Ceylon bowstring hemp
Ceylon cinnamon
Ceylon cinnamon tree
Ceylon gooseberry
Ceylon moss
Ceylonese
Ceyloneses

Literary usage of Cetorhinus maximus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner). France. tively clumsy forward; its fins are lower, and its gill-openings are much broader, almost meeting under ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"[Cetorhinus maximus Gunner.] Viet. Nat., Melbourne, 19, 1902, (62-66, with 2 pis.). [5407 5419 5431]. (n-11031) WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner). BASKING SHARK. In July, 1905, while trolling out from Cape Lookout, what was mistaken for a whale was espied lying apparently ..."

4. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1862)
"... eyes (occhi piccolissimo), can only refer to the Cetorhinus maximus of Blainville, or the great basking shark, or at least a species of that genus. ..."

5. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"... maxima or Cetorhinus maximus, which was caught off Bergen, in Norway, in May 1901, and measured 28^ feet. The FIG. ..."

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