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- Japanese · calque of天狗鮫
- English todaygoblin shark
Calque of Japanese 天狗鮫 (tenguzame), from 天狗 (tengu, “a mythical creature with a long nose”) + 鮫 (same, “shark”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
goblin shark
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Japanese 天狗鮫