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Tiburon

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Marin County, California.
Noun
  1. 1
    A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris.

    "Other unlucky accidents happen in these seas to vexe them, as when (in most becalmings) they swim in the bearing Ocean, the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them [...]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Spanish tiburón (“shark”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French tiburon, from Spanish tiburón, of uncertain origin.

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