porbeagle

English

Etymology

Unclear, but likely from Cornish porth (“harbor”) + bugel (“shepherd”), with the latter element either influenced by English beagle or in fact formed from it, with only the first element truly being from Cornish.

Noun

porbeagle (plural porbeagles)

A porbeagle.

A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.

Translations

a pelagic shark

Catalan: marraix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼠鯊, 鼠鲨 (shǔ shā)
Danish: sildehaj (da) c
Dutch: haringhaai (nl) m
Faroese: hemari m, hemar m, hábrandur m, hamari m
Finnish: sillihai
French: marraîche m, marraiche m, requin-taupe (fr) m, veau de mer (fr) m
German: Herringshai m
Icelandic: hámeri (is) f, hamar (is) m

Irish: craosaire m
Italian: smeriglio (it) m, vitello di mare m
Japanese: ニシネズミザメ (nishi nezumi zame)
Norman: rétchîn m (Jersey)
Norwegian: håbrann (no) m
Portuguese: tubarão-golfinho
Russian: се́льдевая аку́ла (ru) f (sélʹdevaja akúla)
Spanish: tiburón cailón m, cailón m
Swedish: håbrand c, sillhaj c
Welsh: morgi trwynog m, corgi môr m

Anagrams

barge pole, bargepole, gropeable

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