blue pointed
- noun
- Australian
:
tiburón azul
- The blue pointed is known for its streamlined body and speed in coastal waters.
Examples
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Many fishermen travel to New Zealand hoping to catch a blue pointed during the season.
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Many fishermen target blue pointed sharks during the summer.
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As a sport fish, the blue pointed attracts anglers from around the region.
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The blue pointed is a popular fish among anglers.
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Many fishermen travel to New Zealand hoping to catch a blue pointed during the season.
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The blue pointed is known for its streamlined body and speed in coastal waters.
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As a sport fish, the blue pointed attracts anglers from around the region.
Synonyms
A blue-grey shark from the southwest Pacific that people catch for food and sport
A blue-grey shark that lives in the southwest Pacific and is caught for food and sport
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound supplies clear descriptive cues (blue + pointed) so a learner can infer something that is blue and tapered, but those constituents do not indicate that the referent is a shark or a fish. As a species name the specific sense requires lexical knowledge beyond the meanings of the parts, making the relation only partially predictable.
Etymology
The noun blue pointed comes from the shark's look: its blue-grey skin and a long pointed nose that makes it look like a sharp shape moving through the water. So blue pointed became the name for this common 'shark' that people catch for 'sport' and 'food'.
