Definitions
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- noun (Zool.) A powerful and fierce mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific, of the family
Lamidae .
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- noun Either of two powerful
mackerel sharks of the genusIsurus , having a large heavy body, a sharp nose and a nearly symmetrical tail, found in southern oceans.
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- noun powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
Etymologies
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From Maori mako ("shark").
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