blue shark
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blue shark
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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These pallets hold some two tons of frozen blue shark, he explains.
From National Geographic • Jul. 17, 2023
Team members had spent the previous week trolling off nearby Tenerife island and tagged just a single blue shark.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 1, 2023
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
Oregon's Department of Fish & Wildlife lists the salmon shark, spiny dogfish, soupfin shark, common thresher shark, basking shark, blue shark as native to its coastal waters, among others.
From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021
It takes five teeth of the blue shark to fill the same number of inches.
From Animals of the Past by Lucas, Frederic A.
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