ウバザメ
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Meanings
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basking shark
usually written using kana alone
A large, slow-moving shark (Cetorhinus maximus) that feeds on plankton. The name is thought to come from the shark's wrinkled skin resembling an old woman (姥).
The basking shark is a large shark that eats plankton.
The divers encountered a school of basking sharks.