blue shark

American  

noun

1. a slender, pelagic shark, Prionace glauca, that is indigo blue above, shading to white below.

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Etymology

Origin of blue shark

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

The country also catches about 5,000 tons of blue shark on top of an unknown volume of coastal shark species—including various hammerhead species, which are nationally protected and illegal to catch in Brazil.

From National Geographic • Jul. 17, 2023

As Sims’s team returned to the harbor empty-handed on that final night, the blue shark they had caught—which he dubbed “Warren Jr.”

From Science Magazine • Feb. 1, 2023

Experts have asked people to stay away from the animal, thought to be a blue shark, at Trelissick near Falmouth.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

It’s also a vital food source for many fish, sharks, marine mammals and birds — namely the common seal, California sea lion, Chinook salmon, blue shark, Brandt’s cormorant — and, of course, humans.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

A blue shark adorned his forehead; a broad bar, of the same colour, traversed his face.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various