tiburon

See also: Tiburon and tiburón

English

Alternative forms

• tuberon

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tiburon, from 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, section 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, Buriton