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Noun: blue shark  bloo-shaa(r)k
  1. Slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
    "Blue sharks were frequently encountered by shipwrecked sailors during World War II"; "great blue sharks were frequently encountered by shipwrecked sailors during World War II";
    - great blue shark, Prionace glauca

Derived forms: blue sharks

Type of: requiem shark

Part of: genus Prionace, Prionace

Encyclopedia: Blue shark