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Definition of nurse sharks in English English dictionary
- plural form of nurse shark
- ginglymostoma
- nurse shark
- Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw
- nurse shark
- small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
- nurse shark
- Only Atlantic species (Ginglymostoma cirratum) of 25 carpet shark species (family Orectolobidae). Yellow-or gray-brown, sometimes with dark spots, it may grow to over 13 ft (4 m) long. It may attack swimmers, especially when provoked, but is not related to the dangerous gray nurse (Odontaspis arenarius), a sand shark
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nırs şärksPronunciation
/ˈnərs ˈsʜärks/ /ˈnɜrs ˈʃɑːrks/
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