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porbeagle
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por·bea·gle  (pôrbgl)
n.
A mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) of temperate Atlantic waters.
[Cornish porbugel.]
porbeagle [ˈpɔːˌbiːgəl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several voracious sharks of the genus Lamna, esp L. nasus, of northern seas: family Isuridae Also called mackerel shark
[from Cornish porgh-bugel, of obscure origin]
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Noun1.porbeagle - voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacificporbeagle - voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
Lamna nasus
mackerel shark - fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
genus Lamna, Lamna - a genus of Lamnidae
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A dedicated specialist, fishing the entire season for both inshore and far-offshore pelagic migrants, could catch up to 12 species of sharks in our waters, including brown sharks, porbeagles (which look much like makos but fight sluggishly), and sand sharks, our third most common shark after smooth and spiny dogfish.
Public's shark scars healing by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Tony Asiamah, who runs Seaview Fisheries, said: "We usually get porbeagles two or three times a year.
JAWS 2; FISHERMEN'S 7ft SHARK CATCH IS THE SECOND IN A MONTH by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Sweltering weather had tempted the porbeagles from deeper waters, and local anglers were flocking to catch them.
The changing face of Cardiff was proving a headache for locals 28 ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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