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plural tiburons
A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris. quotations examples
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, section I