Meanings
nounblue shark (plural blue sharks)
plural blue sharks
- A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca.
The blue shark is long in almost all respects; long snout, long tail, long body, and especially long, curved pectoral fins.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 126
Synonyms & antonyms
nounslender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
Similar
great blue sharkPrionace glauca
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan tintorera
- tintoreralong blue shark
Chinese Mandarin 大青鯊 /大青鲨
- 大青鯊 /大青鲨long blue shark
Finnish sinihai
- sinihailong blue shark
German Blauhai
- Blauhailong blue shark
Irish siorc gorm
- siorc gormlong blue shark
Italian verdesca
- verdescalong blue shark
Japanese ヨシキリザメ, 葦切鮫
- ヨシキリザメ (yoshikirizame)long blue shark
- 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame)long blue shark
Māori matawhā, aupounamu
- matawhālong blue shark
- aupounamulong blue shark
- mangō au pounamulong blue shark
- mangō pounamulong blue shark
- taha pounamulong blue shark
Polish żarłacz błękitny, rekin błękitny
- żarłacz błękitnylong blue shark
- rekin błękitnylong blue shark
Portuguese tubarão-azul
- tubarão-azullong blue shark
Romanian rechin albastru
- rechin albastrulong blue shark
Russian си́няя аку́ла, голуба́я аку́ла
- си́няя аку́ла (sínjaja akúla)long blue shark
- голуба́я аку́ла (golubája akúla)long blue shark
- моко́й (mokój)long blue shark
Slovak žralok belasý, žralok modrý
- žralok belasýlong blue shark
- žralok modrýlong blue shark
- žralok obyčajnýlong blue shark
- žralok modrastýlong blue shark
- žralok sivýlong blue shark
Spanish tintorera
- tintoreralong blue shark
Swedish blåhaj
- blåhajlong blue shark
Turkish pamuk balığı
- pamuk balığılong blue shark
Cite this entry
APA
blue shark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20shark
MLA
“blue shark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20shark. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue shark,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20shark.
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