blue shark

blue shark

n. A pelagic shark (Prionace glauca) of tropical and temperate oceans, having large eyes and a blue upper body and sides.

blue′ shark′

n. a slender shark, Prionace glauca, that is deep blue above and pure white below. [1665–75]

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blue shark - slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disastersgreat blue shark, Prionace glaucarequiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal speciesgenus Prionace, Prionace - blue sharks

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