porbeagle shark — noun see porbeagle … Useful english dictionary
Shark finning — is the controversial process of removing shark fins to provide the ingredients for the popular Asian dish of shark fin soup. TOC According to wildlife conservationists, much of the trade in sharks fins is derived from fins cut from living sharks; … Wikipedia
Porbeagle — Por bea gle, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A species of shark ({Lamna cornubica}), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent shaped tail; called also {mackerel shark}. [Written {also probeagle}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
porbeagle — [pôr′bē΄gəl] n. [< Cornish dial. porgh bugel] a large, fierce mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) of the N Atlantic, which brings forth living young … English World dictionary
porbeagle — shark with a pointed snout Unusual Animals … Phrontistery dictionary
Porbeagle — Taxobox name = Lamna Nasus status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = down image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Lamniformes familia = Lamnidae genus = Lamna species … Wikipedia
Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… … Wikipedia
porbeagle — /pawr bee geuhl/, n. a shark of the genus Lamna, esp. L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. [1750 60; < Cornish porghbugel] * * * species of mackerel shark (q.v.). * * * … Universalium
porbeagle — /ˈpɔbigəl/ (say pawbeeguhl) noun 1. a large voracious shark, Lamna nasus, of the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans, often found in New Zealand waters and occasionally off the Australian coastline; mackerel shark. 2. any other species of the genus …
porbeagle — noun Etymology: Cornish porgh bugel Date: 1758 a viviparous mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) chiefly of the North Atlantic and southwestern Pacific oceans with a pointed snout and crescent shaped tail … New Collegiate Dictionary