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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Ellipsis of mako shark abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
2. 2
   Alternative form of Maku (“Amazon peoples”). alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
3. 3
   powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of Maku (“languages”). alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   A surname from Hungarian.

Synonyms

All synonyms

mako shark

Example

More examples

"Mako cannot have written this letter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian Makó.

Related phrases

mako shark

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