nurse shark

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English[edit]

a nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum

Etymology[edit]

See nurse, nusse, huss

Noun[edit]

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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