wobbegong
English
Etymology
From a native Australian name.
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Pronunciation
Noun
wobbegong (plural wobbegongs)
- Any of eight species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. family, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin around their mouth.
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 98:
- The Shark Attack File lists only one authenticated wobbegong attack, but contains fourteen "unauthoritative" attacks, and given the distinctive appearance of these sharks, it is very likely that at least some of the sharks were wobbegongs.
Derived terms
- dwarf spotted wobbegong (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- floral banded wobbegong (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English wobbegong.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: wob‧be‧gong
Noun
wobbegong m (plural wobbegongs)
- wobbegong, any shark of the Orectolobidae.
- Synonym: bakerhaai