white-tipped

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Soon the clouds were merely a white-tipped elevation of the white haze to the sides and behind.

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  • And I mustn't forget the white-tipped sharks ... having swum among a few of them at the edge of the mangroves on Tortuga Beach, where the water was a little cloudy, it was a thrill to gain a clearer view of one resting under a rock, after playing chase with a sea lion, when we snorkeled the Devil's Crown, a semi-submerged volcanic crater. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Medium-sized plant has white-tipped lilac flowers. —  Skippy's Vegetable Garden
  • On our dive, we saw several white-tipped sharks, turtles, crabs, frogfish, in addition to the fish you're used to seeing in the aquarium. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The plane's engine and two red-and-white-tipped propeller blades were retrieved Sunday from the woods and brought to the command center established in a clearing near the crash site -- a wooded area northwest of La.
  • A rare white-tipped eagle circled overhead, ready to swoop. —  The Sunday Mail - Home
 

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