▪ I. mako1
(ˈmakɔ)
[Maori.]
In full, mako shark. A large blue shark of the genus Isurus, esp. I. oxyrinchus; also called mackerel shark.
| 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. 1. 133 Mako never exceeds three or four fathom in length. 1848 R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 14 Mako, a shark, peculiar to this latitude, teeth prized as ear ornament. 1872 F. W. Hutton Fishes N.Z. 77 Lamna Glauca. Tiger Shark. Mako... The shark from which the Maoris obtain the teeth with which they decorate their ears. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to Your King xiii. 153 They wore pieces of mako tooth in the lobe of the ear. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 619/1 Giant mako in New Zealand waters. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 100 He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea. 1959 Manch. Guardian 13 July 5/1 The sharks come to Cornwall..blue sharks, makos, porbeagles. 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 53/1 The mako has no commercial value beyond its angling appeal. 1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 2 Jan. 19/4 The big item of fishing news last week..was the capture of Kenya's first mako shark. 1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 27 May 17/1 The four British species of shark are blue, mako, porbeagle and thresher. |
▪ II. mako2
var. makomako2.