Meanings
plural porbeagles
- A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.
In English waters, the porbeagle is considered the premier shark to catch, but in other parts of the world it is considered a nuisance, or at best a poor substitute for its more glamorous relative, the mako.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
nounvoracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Cornishporth“harbor”
- Englishporbeagle
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لِيَّاء
- لِيَّاء (liyyāʔ)a pelagic shark
Catalan marraix
- marraixa pelagic shark
Chinese Mandarin 鼠鯊 /鼠鲨
- 鼠鯊 /鼠鲨 (shǔ shā)a pelagic shark
Danish sildehaj
- sildehaja pelagic shark
Dutch haringhaai
- haringhaaia pelagic shark
Finnish sillihai
- sillihaia pelagic shark
French marraîche, marraiche
- marraîchea pelagic shark
- marraichea pelagic shark
- requin-taupea pelagic shark
- veau de mera pelagic shark
German Heringshai
- Heringshaia pelagic shark
Icelandic hámeri, hamar
- hámeria pelagic shark
- hamara pelagic shark
Irish craosaire
- craosairea pelagic shark
Italian smeriglio, vitello di mare
- smeriglioa pelagic shark
- vitello di marea pelagic shark
Japanese ニシネズミザメ
- ニシネズミザメ (nishi nezumi zame)a pelagic shark
Norwegian håbrann
- håbranna pelagic shark
Norwegian Bokmål håbrann
- håbranna pelagic shark
Polish lamna, lamna śledziowa
- lamnaa pelagic shark
- lamna śledziowaa pelagic shark
- rekin śledziowya pelagic shark
- żarłacz śledziowya pelagic shark
Portuguese tubarão-golfinho, anequim
- tubarão-golfinhoa pelagic shark
- anequima pelagic shark
- marraxoa pelagic shark
- sardoa pelagic shark
Russian се́льдевая аку́ла
- се́льдевая аку́ла (sélʹdevaja akúla)a pelagic shark
Spanish tiburón cailón, cailón
- tiburón cailóna pelagic shark
- cailóna pelagic shark
Swedish håbrand, sillhaj
- håbranda pelagic shark
- sillhaja pelagic shark
Welsh morgi trwynog, corgi môr
- morgi trwynoga pelagic shark
- corgi môra pelagic shark
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Cite this entry
porbeagle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porbeagle
“porbeagle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porbeagle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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