tuberon

Noun

tiburon (plural tiburons)

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 [...].1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I

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