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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large sharks of the family Lamnidae, including the great white shark, mako, and porbeagle, having a pointed snout with large teeth and a crescent-shaped tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several kinds of sharks, as Isurus dekayi, or the porbeagle, Lamna cornubica.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
shark of the orderLamniformes , having twodorsal fins ananal fin , fivegill slits and eyes withoutnictitating membrane
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
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