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Meanings of great blue shark in English

Portuguese
tubarão-azul
Catalan
tintorera

Slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters.

        tubarão-azul
        Synonyms
        Examples for "blue shark"
        Examples for "blue shark"
        1
        Cameraman Roger Horrocks comes face-to-face with an inquisitive blue shark off the Azores islands.
        BBC
        2
        The nearest fish I could find in appearance to it, in the reference books, was the blue shark.
        The Irish Times
        3
        In a small cove, hidden by a tumble of rock, the familiar hydrofoil waited like a midnight- blue shark.
        Map of bones
        4
        For he was a legend in sea angling, particularly when it came to catching and tagging porbeagle and blue shark.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Swimmers are being urged to stay out of the water after a blue shark was spotted in a Cornish harbour.
        BBC
        Translations for great blue shark
        Portuguese
        tubarão-azul
        Catalan
        tintorera