| 单词 | mako shark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmako shark More fully mako shark. A large mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, with a deep blue back, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Also called blue pointer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Isuridae > member of genus Isurus (pointer) mako1848 pointer1881 1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 14 Mako, a shark, peculiar to this latitude, teeth prized as ear ornament. 1872 F. W. Hutton Fishes of N.Z. 77 Lamna Glauca. Tiger Shark. Mako... The shark from which the Maoris obtain the teeth with which they decorate their ears. 1928 Free Lance (Wellington) 8 Feb. 17 Lord Grimthorpe, the English banker..exceeded all his expectations by landing the world's record mako-shark off Cape Brett. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiii. 153 They wore pieces of mako tooth in the lobe of the ear. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 100 He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea. 1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 2 Jan. 19/4 The big item of fishing news last week..was the capture of Kenya's first mako shark. 1991 Newport Summer 33/1 The food is good, too; salmon and mako steaks were fresh. < as lemmas |
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