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Mako shark

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Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two powerful mackerel sharks of the genus Isurus, having a large heavy body, a sharp nose and a nearly symmetrical tail, found in southern oceans.

    "‘Aguedo fell through the floor into what we call the shark pool. We call it that because it is a pool filled with sharks. Mako sharks, to be precise.’"

  2. 2
    powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific wordnet

Etymology

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

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