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Definitions for mackerel shark

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mack′erel shark`(n.)

  1. any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamnidae, including the great white shark and the mako.

    Category: Ichthyology

Origin of mackerel shark:

1810–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. mackerel shark(noun)

    fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks

Wiktionary

  1. mackerel shark(Noun)

    Any shark of the order Lamniformes, having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane

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