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Ginglymostoma cirratum

DEFINITIONS OF: Ginglymostoma cirratum

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n small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia

Synonyms:
nurse shark
Type of:
shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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