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Definition of Mackerel shark
1. Noun. Fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks.
Group relationships: Family Lamnidae, Lamnidae
Specialized synonyms: Lamna Nasus, Porbeagle, Mako, Mako Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias, Great White Shark, Man-eater, Man-eating Shark, White Shark, Basking Shark, Cetorhinus Maximus
Definition of Mackerel shark
1. Noun. Any shark of the order ''Lamniformes'', having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mackerel Shark
Literary usage of Mackerel shark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Same as mackerel-guide. mackerel-shark (mak'e-rel-shark), n. One of several kinds
of sharks,' as Isurus dekayi, or the Mackerel-shark, or Porbeagle (Lattina ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The mackerel shark (L. ... the teeth arc narrow, long and nail-like, calculated
for holding rather than cutting prey ; the head mackerel shark (Lamna ..."
3. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"The mackerel shark is often caught for the sake of its liver, which yields six
or seven gallons of oil. The skin of the shark is rough ; it is sometimes ..."
4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"mackerel shark, Z.. punctata, Storer. backed Shark, L. punctata, Storer, is from
four to eight feet long, tail with a keel on its side, and the lobes not ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"mackerel shark, L. punctata ... The Dog Shark, M. cants, Dekay, is from two to
four feet long. Fig 239. Head of mackerel shark. ..."
6. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) Tenney (1874)
"236. — mackerel shark. Fig. 237.—Dog-Fish Shark. Fig. 238. —Head of mackerel shark.
Fig. 239. —Head of Hammer-head. ..."
7. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"... and the jaws of a mackerel shark, and those of a Great Blue Shark much larger
than the one shown on this table. On the floor within the railing are a ..."
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