One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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