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mako

[ mey-koh, mah- ]

noun

, plural ma·kos.
  1. a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.


mako

1

/ ˈmɑːkəʊ /

noun

  1. any shark of the genus Isurus, esp I. glaucus of Indo-Pacific and Australian seas: family Isuridae
  2. the teeth of the mako worn as a decoration by early Māoris
“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

mako

2

/ ˈmɑːkəʊˌmɑːkəʊ; ˈmɑːkəʊ /

noun

  1. Also calledwineberry a small evergreen New Zealand tree, Aristotelia serrata: family Elaeocarpaceae
  2. another name for bellbird
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of mako1

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1720–30
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mako1

from Māori

Origin of mako2

from Māori
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Example Sentences

He had served on the delegation’s animals committee since 2000, guiding governmental actions to protect mako sharks, iguanas, and Mexican crocodiles.

“A few years ago there was a pesky mako shark that kept circling in on a few paddlers,” Gair recalled, “but it just lost interest eventually and turned away.”

Shortfin mako was found in U.S. pet food, according to a 2019 study.

Brazil's environmental protection agency, Ibama, estimated that approximately 11,000 blue sharks and shortfin mako sharks were killed to make up a haul of that size.

From BBC

But the observation came back to him around 2011, when he was tracking blue and shortfin mako sharks traversing the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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