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mako sharks

mako sharks is the plural of mako shark.

Meaning of mako shark

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

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What is mako sharks the plural of?
Mako sharks is the plural of mako shark.

Words near mako sharks in the dictionary

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