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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.porbeagleporbeagle - 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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