"blue shark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue sharks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue shark (plural blue sharks)
  1. A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca. Categories (lifeform): Carcharhiniform sharks Translations (long blue shark): peshkaqeni jeshil [masculine] (Albanian), peshkaqeni blu [masculine] (Albanian), canía (Asturian), caella (Asturian), tintorera (Asturian), tintorera [feminine] (Catalan), 大青鯊 /大青鲨 (Chinese Mandarin), pesciu cane [masculine] (Corsican), sinihai (Finnish), quenlla [feminine] (Galician), Blauhai [masculine] (German), siniin akula (Ingrian), siorc gorm [masculine] (Irish), verdesca [feminine] (Italian), ヨシキリザメ (yoshikirizame) (Japanese), 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame) (Japanese), matawhā (Maori), aupounamu (Maori), mangō au pounamu (Maori), mangō pounamu (Maori), taha pounamu (Maori), łóóʼ hashkéhé dootłʼizhígíí (Navajo), پاموق بالغی (pamuk balığı) (Ottoman Turkish), tubarão-azul [masculine] (Portuguese), rechin albastru [masculine] (Romanian), си́няя аку́ла (sínjaja akúla) [feminine] (Russian), голуба́я аку́ла (golubája akúla) [feminine] (Russian), моко́й (mokój) [masculine] (Russian), модруљ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), modrulj [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žralok belasý [masculine] (Slovak), žralok modrý [masculine] (Slovak), žralok obyčajný [masculine] (Slovak), žralok modrastý [masculine] (Slovak), žralok sivý [masculine] (Slovak), tintorera [feminine] (Spanish), blåhaj [common-gender] (Swedish), pamuk balığı (Turkish)

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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long blue shark",
      "word": "pamuk balığı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blue shark"
}

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