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Noun: mako  maa-kow or mey-kow
  1. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
    - mako shark
     
  2. Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
    - makomako, New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa

Derived forms: makos

Type of: bush, mackerel shark, shrub

Part of: Aristotelia, genus Aristotelia, genus Isurus, Isurus

Encyclopedia: Mako, The Jaws of Death