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mako
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mako has 1 sense
- mako(n = noun.animal) mako shark - powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific; Array is a kind of mackerel shark
is a member of genus isurus, isurus
has particulars: isurus oxyrhincus, shortfin mako, isurus paucus, longfin mako, blue pointed, bonito shark, isurus glaucus
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mako, n. (pl. -os) a blue shark, Isurus oxyrinchus.
mako, n. (pl. -os) a small New Zealand tree, Aristotelia serrata, with clusters of dark-red berries and large racemes of pink flowers. Also called WINEBERRY.
Etymology
Maori
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