tiburon
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French tiburon, from Spanish tiburón, of uncertain origin.
Noun
edittiburon (plural tiburons)
- A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris.
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:
- Other unlucky accidents happen in these seas to vexe them, as when (in most becalmings) they swim in the bearing Ocean, the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them [...].