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单词 porbeagle
释义

porbeagle

[ pawr-bee-guhl ]
/ ˈpɔrˌbi gəl /

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

First recorded in 1750–60, porbeagle is from the Cornish word porghbugel

Words nearby porbeagle

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Example sentences from the Web for porbeagle

  • 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 IsuridaeAlso called: mackerel shark

Word Origin for porbeagle

C18: from Cornish porgh-bugel, of obscure origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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