porbeagle

Japanese: porbeagle
porbeagle

…In the Tohoku region, it is more commonly known as Mouka, a corrupted version of Mafuka (true shark). Its English name is porbeagle, a compound word of porpoise (dolphin) and beagle (beagle dog). It is also called salmon shark. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "porbeagle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…東北地方ではマフカ(真鱶)がなまったといわれるモウカのほうが通りがよい。英名はporbeagleで,porpoise(イルカ)とbeagle(ビーグル犬)の合成語とされる。salmon sharkともいう。…

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