mako shark

Questions about mako shark

What does mako shark mean?

mako shark means "powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific".

What is another word for mako shark?

Close synonyms include mako. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mako shark a common word?

mako shark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.