How do you use Blacktip in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Blacktip meaning
- Any of various fish having black-colored tips.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Elphinstonia, having black tips to the upper forewings.
Using Blacktip
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of various fish having black-colored tips. | Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Elphinstonia, having black tips to the upper forewings.
- In the example corpus, blacktip often appears in combinations such as: blacktip shark.
Context around Blacktip
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blacktip
- In this selection, "blacktip" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grouper, oceanic, shark, groupers and reef stand out and add context to how "blacktip" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include few oceanic blacktip sharks and goatfish and blacktip groupers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blacktip" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blacktip
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Overlaid is a blacktip reef shark in Misool, a former shark finning station. (13 words)
The diver was underwater along with two of his friends during a baited scuba dive with a few Oceanic blacktip sharks. (21 words)
They saw 13 hunting groups consisting of one day octopus and different species of fish, including gold-saddle goatfish and blacktip groupers. (22 words)
The friend had grainy footage that appeared to show the surfer struggling as he was attacked by what they believe was a spinner or blacktip shark measuring more than one metre. (31 words)
Cobia, tarpon, kingfish, Goliath grouper, blacktip shark and, of course, giant stingrays are all available and ready to give you the battle of a lifetime. (25 words)
They saw 13 hunting groups consisting of one day octopus and different species of fish, including gold-saddle goatfish and blacktip groupers. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
They saw 13 hunting groups consisting of one day octopus and different species of fish, including gold-saddle goatfish and blacktip groupers.
Cobia, tarpon, kingfish, Goliath grouper, blacktip shark and, of course, giant stingrays are all available and ready to give you the battle of a lifetime.
Overlaid is a blacktip reef shark in Misool, a former shark finning station.
The friend had grainy footage that appeared to show the surfer struggling as he was attacked by what they believe was a spinner or blacktip shark measuring more than one metre.
The diver was underwater along with two of his friends during a baited scuba dive with a few Oceanic blacktip sharks.
Common combinations with blacktip
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: