Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy-bodied mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) chiefly of temperate waters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any shark of the family Lamnidæ, and especially of the genus Lamna; a kind of tope or mackerel-shark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A species of shark (
Lamna cornubica ), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called alsomackerel shark .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
pelagic predatoryshark ,Lamna nasus , of theAtlantic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Those at greatest risk of extinction in the north-east Atlantic include heavily fished, large sharks and rays, such as porbeagle and common skate, as well as commercially valuable deep-water sharks and spiny dogfish."
unknown title 2008
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Yes | No | Report from Alex Pernice th ... wrote 50 weeks 5 days ago porbeagle? and I do agree with WA Mtnhunter, Its a Dead shark.
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At this point I'd like to use my free spin and change my answer to porbeagle.
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Mohajerani says these are some of the most endangered sharks: great white shark, basking shark, dusky shark, spiny dogfish, hammerhead, giant devil ray, porbeagle shark, oceanic white tip and whale shark.
Terry Gardner: Long Beach -- Shark Ed 101 -- No Hugs Required Terry Gardner 2010
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At this point I'd like to use my free spin and change my answer to porbeagle.
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Yes | No | Report from Alex Pernice th ... wrote 50 weeks 5 days ago porbeagle? and I do agree with WA Mtnhunter, Its a Dead shark.
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I'm too late, but it is almost positively a porbeagle (Lamna nasus).
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I'm too late, but it is almost positively a porbeagle (Lamna nasus).
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I'm disqualified, I know, but that's a porbeagle ... mako is a good second guess, but the dorsal isn't short enough.
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I'm disqualified, I know, but that's a porbeagle ... mako is a good second guess, but the dorsal isn't short enough.
sionnach commented on the word porbeagle
shark with a pointed snout
October 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word porbeagle
Excellent word! Thanks, sionnach!
October 13, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word porbeagle
... this is rather greater than the sum of its parts. Or should I say, rather more bizarre.
May 25, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word porbeagle
A species of mackerel shark, Lamna nasus. Also porebeagle.
May 25, 2010