mako

Other forms: makos

Definitions of mako
  1. noun
    powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
    synonyms: mako shark
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    types:
    Isurus oxyrhincus, shortfin mako
    very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish
    Isurus paucus, longfin mako
    similar to shortfin mako but darker blue
    Isurus glaucus, blue pointed, bonito shark
    common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish
    type of:
    mackerel shark
    fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
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