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Tiburon
tiburon
tiburon
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Noun
tiburon (plural tiburons)
- A shark; now specifically, Reniceps tiburo or Carcharinus fronto.
- 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 [...].
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I: