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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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The Hartlepool boat "Famous" skippered by Dave Lumley and fishing an inshore wreck, had a good number of ling and only two cod, but the anglers aboard had something of a shock when a 12ft Porbeagle Shark appeared alongside the boat and then circled them for more than five minutes
Ling have been species of week by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
The EU has however, tabled a proposal to limit the trade of porbeagle sharks, or Lamna nasus, by calling for them to be added to Appendix II -- a list of species that could become extinct if trade in the species is not tightly controlled.
UN wildlife body to mull bluefin tuna trade ban by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Scientists are also set to meet in Denmark to issue recommendations on the Atlantic porbeagle which, despite dwindling numbers, failed to earn protection at the last meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), in 2007.
Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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