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mako shark

mako shark noun: 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.

mako shark: either of two powerful mackerel sharks of the genus Isurus, having a large heavy body, a sharp nose...
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Noun

mako shark (plural mako sharks)

  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.
    • He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea and everything about him was beautiful except his jaws.1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 100
    • ‘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.’2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 101

mako shark meaning in Tamil

mako shark in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of mako shark

pluralmako sharks

Origin of mako shark

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

Questions about mako shark

What does mako shark mean?
Mako shark means 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.
What is mako shark in Tamil?
Mako shark in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Mako shark meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mako shark?
Mako shark is a noun.
What is the plural of mako shark?
The plural of mako shark is mako sharks.

Words near mako shark in the dictionary

  1. maknoon
  2. maknyah
  3. maknyahs
  4. mako
  5. Mako Mori test
  6. mako shark
  7. mako sharks
  8. Makoare
  9. Makoares
  10. Makogai
  11. makomako

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