mako
Americannoun
noun
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any shark of the genus Isurus, esp I. glaucus of Indo-Pacific and Australian seas: family Isuridae
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the teeth of the mako worn as a decoration by early Māoris
noun
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Also called: wineberry. a small evergreen New Zealand tree, Aristotelia serrata: family Elaeocarpaceae
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another name for bellbird
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Etymology
Origin of mako
Borrowed into English from Maori around 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Later that week, in Peruíbe, a town whose name means “river of sharks” in the Indigenous Tupi language, I meet a man who’s searching for mako to barbeque that day.
From National Geographic • Jul. 17, 2023
Brazil's environmental protection agency, Ibama, estimated that approximately 11,000 blue sharks and shortfin mako sharks were killed to make up a haul of that size.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2023
Tags that he and collaborators have placed on more than 100 blue and mako sharks support the idea.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 1, 2023
These include teeth from snaggletooth, lemon, mako, silky, sand tiger and great white sharks.
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023
The first one was my largest, a mako over four feet long.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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