nurse shark

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English

a nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum

Etymology

See nurse, nusse, huss

Noun

nurse shark (plural nurse sharks)

  1. Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.
  2. (loosely) Any small shark; a dogfish.

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