nurse shark

/nərs ʃɑrk/
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Other forms: nurse sharks

Definitions of nurse shark
  1. noun
    small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
    synonyms: Ginglymostoma cirratum
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    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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