whitetip shark

US: (hwīt′tip′, wīt′-)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

white′tip shark′  (hwīt′tip′, wīt′-), 

1. Fish Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
2. Fish Also called oceanic whitetip shark. a large, predominantly tropical deepwater shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, inhabiting Atlantic and Pacific waters: considered to be the most dangerous of all sharks.

Also, white′-tipped shark′. 

• white + tip¹