mackerel shark

/ˌmækərəl ˈʃɑrk/

Definitions of mackerel shark

1. noun

   fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
   types:

   Lamna nasus, porbeagle

   voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific

   mako, mako shark

   powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific

   Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, man-eater, man-eating shark, white shark

   large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans

   Cetorhinus maximus, basking shark

   large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface

   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

   Isurus glaucus, blue pointed, bonito shark

   common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish

   type of:

   shark

   any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales