mako shark

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

mako

blue shark

shortfin mako shark

Atlantic mako

dog shark

mackerel shark

shortfin mako

bonito shark

blue pointer

mackerel porbeagle

pointed nose shark

Traducións

Isurus oxyrinchus

mako

requin mako

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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