porbeagle

 [pawr-bee-guhl]  

por·bea·gle

   [pawr-bee-guhl]
noun
a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
Origin:
1750–60; < Cornish porghbugel
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porbeagle (ˈpɔːˌbiːɡəl)
 
—n
Also called: mackerel shark any of several voracious sharks of the genus Lamna, esp L. nasus, of northern seas: family Isuridae
 
[C18: from Cornish porgh-bugel, of obscure origin]

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