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mangō - shark

Mangō, n. Shark, dogfish; a general name, but applied also to Mustelus antarcticus, gummy shark (= makō (Tahu.)). I nga hapuku, i nga mango, i nga tawatawa, i nga maomao, i te tini noa iho o nga ika o te moana (J. xx, 21). Various species are indicated by epithets, some of which are used without mangō: Mangō-au-pounamu = mangō-pounamu, pounamu, taha-pounamu, Prionace glauca, great blue shark. Mangōihunui = tuatini, Notorhynchus cepedianus, and N. pectorosus, broad-snouted sevengilled sharks. Na te Whatanui i hi te pakeke, pae ana ko te waha kei uta, he mango ihunui. Mangō-pare, Sphyrna lewini, hammerhead shark. Mangō-pekepeke = mangō-tara, mangō-hapu, karaerae, koinga, okeoke, Squalus lebruni and S. griffini, spined dogfish. Mangō-ripi, Alopias vulpinus, thresher shark. Mangō-tara, Echinorhinus brucus, bramble shark. A pani taku rangi te wai mangotara (M. 164.). Mangō-taniwha = makō-taniwha, mangō-tuatini, mangō-ururoa, Carcharodon carcharias, white shark, white pointer, maneater. Mangō-nui, mangō-roa, mangō-taeo, mangō-taiari, mangō-wahatara, mangō-wera, unidentified shark species.

Williams Dictionary

He momo mangō te ururoa.
An ururoa is a type of shark.

Me ngā tauranga mangō i waho ake o Puponga.
And the shark fishing grounds off Puponga.

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