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porbeagle

N ฉลาม จำพวก หนึ่ง เป็น ฉลาม ขนาดใหญ่ 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PORBEAGLE

PORBEAGLE Por "bea `gle, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A species of shark (Lamna cornubica ), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark. [Written also probeagle. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

porbeagle

por bea gle |ˈpôrˌbēgəl ˈpɔrbiɡəl | ▶noun a large active shark that is found chiefly in the open seas of the North Atlantic and in the Mediterranean. [Lamna nasus, family Lamnidae. ] ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Cornish dialect, perhaps from Cornish porth ‘harbor, cove ’ + bugel ‘shepherd. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

porbeagle

porbeagle |ˈpɔːbiːg (ə )l | ▶noun a large, active shark which is found chiefly in the open seas of the North Atlantic and in the Mediterranean. Also called mackerel shark. ●Lamna nasus, family Lamnidae. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps from Cornish porth ‘harbour, cove ’ + bugel ‘shepherd ’.