HyperDic: nurse_shark

English > 1 sense of the expression nurse shark:
NOUNanimalnurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratumsmall bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
English > nurse shark: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia.
SynonymGinglymostoma cirratum
Member ofGinglymostoma, genus Ginglymostomanurse sharks
BroadersharkAny of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
CatalanGinglymostoma cirratum

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