tiburon

See also: Tiburon, and tiburón

English

Alternative forms

• tuberon

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French tiburon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish tiburón, of uncertain origin.

Noun

tiburon (plural tiburons)

1. A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris.
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:

     Other unlucky accidents happen in these seas to vexe them, as when (in most becalmings) they swim in the bearing Ocean, the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them [...].

Anagrams

• Buitron