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porbeagle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lamna nasus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mackerel shark

History

Etymology

Unclear, but likely from Cornish porth (“harbor”) + bugel (“shepherd”), with the latter element either influenced by English beagle or in fact formed from it, with only the first element truly being from Cornish.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لِيَّاءٌ (liyyāʔun) — a pelagic shark
  • Asturian: marraxu — a pelagic shark
  • Asturian: marraxu buxu — a pelagic shark
  • Catalan: marraix — a pelagic shark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼠鯊 /鼠鲨 (shǔ shā) — a pelagic shark
  • Danish: sildehaj — a pelagic shark
  • Dutch: haringhaai — a pelagic shark
  • Faroese: hemari — a pelagic shark
  • Faroese: hemar — a pelagic shark
  • Faroese: hábrandur — a pelagic shark
  • Faroese: hamari — a pelagic shark
  • Finnish: sillihai — a pelagic shark
  • French: marraîche — a pelagic shark
  • French: marraiche — a pelagic shark
  • French: requin-taupe — a pelagic shark
  • French: veau de mer — a pelagic shark
  • German: Heringshai — a pelagic shark
  • Greenlandic: eqalussuaq qaamasoq — a pelagic shark
  • Icelandic: hámeri — a pelagic shark
  • Icelandic: hamar — a pelagic shark
  • Irish: craosaire — a pelagic shark
  • Italian: smeriglio — a pelagic shark
  • Italian: vitello di mare — a pelagic shark
  • Japanese: ニシネズミザメ (nishi nezumi zame) — a pelagic shark
  • Norman: rétchîn — a pelagic shark
  • Norwegian: håbrann — a pelagic shark
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håbrann — a pelagic shark
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: håbrann — a pelagic shark
  • Polish: lamna — a pelagic shark
  • Polish: lamna śledziowa — a pelagic shark
  • Polish: rekin śledziowy — a pelagic shark
  • Polish: żarłacz śledziowy — a pelagic shark
  • Portuguese: tubarão-golfinho — a pelagic shark
  • Portuguese: anequim — a pelagic shark
  • Portuguese: marraxo — a pelagic shark
  • Portuguese: sardo — a pelagic shark
  • Russian: се́льдевая аку́ла (sélʹdevaja akúla) — a pelagic shark
  • Spanish: tiburón cailón — a pelagic shark
  • Spanish: cailón — a pelagic shark
  • Swedish: håbrand — a pelagic shark
  • Swedish: sillhaj — a pelagic shark
  • Welsh: morgi trwynog — a pelagic shark
  • Welsh: corgi môr — a pelagic shark