shortfin mako

Other forms: shortfin makos

Definitions of shortfin mako
  1. noun
    very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish
    synonyms: Isurus oxyrhincus
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    type of:
    mako, mako shark
    powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
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