| Remarks |
'Mackerel shark', i.e., large fierce pelagic sharks (p. 714 in Ref. 11978); 'mackerel', from Middle English 'makerel' from Middle French (p. 714 in Ref. 11978) 'maquereau', i.e., side dishes (p. 443 in Ref. 9404); 'shark', of obscure origins but appears to have been introduced by members of the Sir John Hawkins' expedition ( a ballad of 1569 recorded 'There is no proper name for [the fish] that I know, but that certain men of Captain Hawkins's doth call it a shark'), ressembles Austrian dialect 'schirk', i.e., sturgeon (p. 471 in Ref. 11979). Also in Ref. 5288. |