| 单词 | porbeagle shark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporbeagle shark A large active shark, Lamna nasus (family Lamnidae), with a pointed snout, found chiefly in the open seas of the North Atlantic and in the Mediterranean, and popular as a game fish off the coasts of Britain; also porbeagle shark. Also called mackerel shark. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Isuridae > member of genus Lamna sea-shark1655 porbeagle1758 mackerel shark1819 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 265 We have also another shark, which we call the Porbeagle, of which I give an icon. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 236 The Dog Fish,..the Tope,..the Porbeagle. 1863 C. A. Johns Home Walks 165 On two occasions I saw a shark lying on the beach. One was the species known as the Porbeagle, a malicious-looking monster about six feet long. 1901 Scotsman 19 Sept. 5/1 The Natural History Museum at South Kensington has..just received..a porbeagle shark, caught..off..Skye. 1959 Manch. Guardian 13 July 5/1 The sharks come to Cornwall..blue sharks, makos, porbeagles. 1992 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 12/2 The mako looks too much like a lean porbeagle, of which many are taken each year. 2002 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 10/4 An angler described yesterday how he struggled for two hours to land a giant porbeagle shark off Cornwall. < as lemmas |
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