Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Basking shark

Basking shark ({not transcribed})

(Zoology) 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.