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Definition of Porbeagles
1. porbeagle [n] - See also: porbeagle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porbeagles
Literary usage of Porbeagles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"... porbeagles.) Sharks of large size, with the body stout, the mouth wide, with
large teeth, and the caudal fin lunate, the two lobes being not very ..."
2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"... there occur remains of species some of which are referable to genera still
existing, such as the porbeagles, while others indicate extinct generic type. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The porbeagles (Lamna) differ from the preceding sharks in their dentition (Fig.
11 ), the teeth being large, lanceolate in shape, ..."
4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"... (THE porbeagles.) Body robust, contracted to a rather slender tail, which has
a keel on each side ; caudal fin lunate, the lower lobe nearly as large as ..."
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