shortfin mako

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   very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish

   SynonymsIsurus oxyrhincus

   Broadermako

Questions about shortfin mako

What does shortfin mako mean?

shortfin mako means "very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish".

What is another word for shortfin mako?

Close synonyms include Isurus oxyrhincus. 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 shortfin mako a common word?

shortfin mako 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.