porbeagle
[ pawr-bee-guhl ]
noun
a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.
Origin of porbeagle
1First recorded in 1750–60; from Cornish porghbugel
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How to use porbeagle in a sentence
porbeagle is also known as 'Canis carcharius alius' or 'canis charcharius alius Jonst.'
Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk | Thomas Browne
British Dictionary definitions for porbeagle
porbeagle
/ (ˈpɔːˌbiːɡəl) /
noun
any of several voracious sharks of the genus Lamna, esp L. nasus, of northern seas: family Isuridae: Also called: mackerel shark
Origin of porbeagle
1C18: from Cornish porgh-bugel, of obscure origin
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