Phrase guide

goblin shark

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of mackerel shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, that has a long snout-like protrusion from its forehead and grows to 3.8 meters in length.

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History

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 天狗鮫 (tenguzame), from 天狗 (tengu, “a mythical creature with a long nose”) + 鮫 (same, “shark”).

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: акула-дамавік (akula-damavik) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Belarusian: акула-насарог (akula-nasaróh) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Belarusian: скапанорынх (skapanórynx) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Bengali: গবলিন হাঙর (gobolin haṅor) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Bulgarian: акулите гоблини (akulite goblini) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Catalan: tauró follet — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐氏尖吻鮫 /欧氏尖吻鲛 (ōu shì jiān wěn jiāo) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐氏劍吻鯊 /欧氏剑吻鲨 (ōu shì jiàn wěn shā) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哥布林鯊 /哥布林鲨 (gē bù lín shā) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Czech: žralok šotek — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Dutch: koboldhaai — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Estonian: tonthai — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Finnish: peikkohai — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • French: requin lutin — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Galician: quenlla fociñuda — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • German: Koboldhai — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • German: Nasenhai — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Greek: καρχαρίας Γκόμπλιν (karcharías Gkómplin) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Greek: καρχαρίας καλικάντζαρος (karcharías kalikántzaros) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Hungarian: koboldcápa — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Kazakh: құбыжық акула (qūbyjyq akula) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Korean: 마귀상어 (magwisang'eo) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Macedonian: ајкула-ѓавол (ajkula-ǵavol) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Malayalam: ഗോബ്ലിൻ ഷാർക്ക് (gōbliṉ ṣāṟkkŭ) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Navajo: łóóʼ hashkéhé bíchį́į́hnézí — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Norwegian: nesehai — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Polish: mitsukurina — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Polish: rekin chochlik — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Polish: rekin Owstona — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Portuguese: tubarão-duende — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Portuguese: tubarão-demónio — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Russian: акула-домовой (akula-domovoj) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Russian: скапаноринх (skapanorinx) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Russian: митцекурина (mitcekurina) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Russian: акула-гоблин (akula-goblin) — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Slovak: žralok končistočelý — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Spanish: tiburón duende — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Spanish: tiburón trasgo — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Swedish: trollhaj — Mitsukurina owstoni
  • Thai: ปลาฉลามก็อบลิน — Mitsukurina owstoni