whitetip

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

whitetip

Where it comes from

From white + tip.

noun whitetips

The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus.
The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
Any of the hummingbirds of the Urosticte genus, characterized by the white tips on the males' rectrices.
Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Episynlestes, endemic to Australia.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"whitetip." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/whitetip. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

whitetip. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/whitetip

Chicago

"whitetip." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/whitetip.

BibTeX

@misc{whitetip_2026,
  title = {whitetip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whitetip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}