- a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- any shark of the genus Isurus, esp I. glaucus of Indo-Pacific and Australian seas: family Isuridae
- the teeth of the mako worn as a decoration by early Māoris
- a small evergreen New Zealand tree, Aristotelia serrata: family Elaeocarpaceae
- NZ another name for bellbird (def. 2)
