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Definition: Cetorhinus maximus
Cetorhinus maximus
n : large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims
slowly or floats at the sea surface [syn:
basking shark]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cetorhinus maximus
Liver
\Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG.
lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. ? fat, E.
live, v.] (Anat.)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral
cavity of all vertebrates.
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Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal
passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it
secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways
changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is
situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly
on the right side. See
Bile,
Digestive, and
Glycogen. The liver of invertebrate animals is
usually made up of c[ae]cal tubes, and differs
materially, in form and function, from that of
vertebrates.
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Floating liver. See
Wandering liver, under
Wandering.
Liver of antimony,
Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See
Hepar.
Liver brown,
Liver color, the color of liver, a dark,
reddish brown.
Liver shark (Zo["o]l.), a very large shark (
Cetorhinus maximus
), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe
and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in
length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has
small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured
for the sake of its liver, which often yields several
barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone,
by means of which it separates small animals from the sea
water. Called also
basking shark,
bone shark,
hoemother,
homer, and
sailfish; it is sometimes
referred to as
whale shark, but that name is more
commonly used for the
Rhincodon typus, which grows even
larger.
Liver spots, yellowish brown patches on the skin, or spots
of chloasma.
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Basking shark
\Bask"ing shark`\ (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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