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por·bea·gle

(pôr′bē′gəl)

A heavy-bodied mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) chiefly of temperate waters.

[Cornish porbugel.]

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porbeagle

(ˈpɔːˌbiːɡəl)

(Animals) any of several voracious sharks of the genus Lamna, esp L. nasus, of northern seas: family Isuridae. Also called: mackerel shark

[C18: from Cornish porgh-bugel, of obscure origin]

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por•bea•gle

(ˈpɔrˌbi gəl)

n.

a large, voracious mackerel shark, Lamna nasus, of northern seas, having a crescent-shaped tail.

[1750–60; < Cornish porghbugel]

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porbeagle - 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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