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    MAKO SHARK

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacificplay

    Synonyms:

    mako; mako shark

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("mako shark" is a kind of...):

    mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mako shark"):

    Isurus oxyrhincus; shortfin mako (very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish)

    Isurus paucus; longfin mako (similar to shortfin mako but darker blue)

    blue pointed; bonito shark; Isurus glaucus (common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish)

    Holonyms ("mako shark" is a member of...):

    genus Isurus; Isurus (mako sharks)

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