nurse shark

noun

Meaning

Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.

Related words

ginglymostoma cirratum(English)ginglymostomatid(English)nurse(English)grey nurse shark(English)sleeper(English)river shark(English)sawshark(English)blind shark(English)

Sources

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