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Tiburon¹

Where it comes from

From Spanish tiburón (“shark”).

proper noun

  1. A town in Marin County, California.

tiburon²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French tiburon, from Spanish tiburón, of uncertain origin.

noun tiburons · tuberon

  1. A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris. 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 [...].

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@misc{tiburon_2026,
  title = {tiburon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiburon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}