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mako
[ mey-koh, mah- ]
noun
- a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
mako
1/ ˈmɑːkəʊ /
noun
- any shark of the genus Isurus, esp I. glaucus of Indo-Pacific and Australian seas: family Isuridae
- the teeth of the mako worn as a decoration by early Māoris
mako
2/ ˈmɑːkəʊˌmɑːkəʊ; ˈmɑːkəʊ /
noun
- Also calledwineberry a small evergreen New Zealand tree, Aristotelia serrata: family Elaeocarpaceae
- another name for bellbird
Word History and Origins
Origin of mako1
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.
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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