Definition of "porbeagle" []

• A mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) of temperate Atlantic waters. (noun)

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• ""Those at greatest risk of extinction in the north-east Atlantic include heavily fished, large sharks and rays, such as porbeagle and common skate, as well as commercially valuable deep-water sharks and spiny dogfish.""
• "I'm too late, but it is almost positively a porbeagle (Lamna nasus)."
• "I'm disqualified, I know, but that's a porbeagle ... mako is a good second guess, but the dorsal isn't short enough."