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# mako

«mako» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, very fast shark that lives in warm and mild seas** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mako, makos; mako shark)

### meaning for a pupil

A mako is a large, very fast shark that lives in warm and mild seas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Met in science about ocean animals and fastest swimmers; makos can leap out of the water.

### examples

- The mako is the fastest shark in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#x1)
- A mako shark can jump high out of the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#x2)
- Makos have long, pointed teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#x3)
- The mako is shiny dark blue on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#x4)
- Mako sharks are now endangered because of overfishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#x5)
- The mako swims across whole oceans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/#x6)

### note

Plural: makos. Say «MAY-ko» or «MAH-ko». The word comes from the Māori language of New Zealand.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mako» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mako/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.