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mackerel shark

n.

Any of various sharks of the family Lamnidae, including the great white shark, mako, and porbeagle, having a pointed snout, a nearly symmetrical tail, and a reputation for aggressiveness.

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mackerel shark

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for porbeagle

Thesaurus

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mackerel shark - fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks     shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales family Lamnidae, Lamnidae - oceanic sharks Lamna nasus, porbeagle - voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific mako, mako shark - powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, man-eating shark, white shark, man-eater - large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus - large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface