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Nurse Shark

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Noun

1. ginglymostoma cirratum, 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

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Nurse Shark

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noun
any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, such as Ginglymostoma cirratum of the Atlantic Ocean, having an external groove on each side of the head between the mouth and nostril

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Nurse Shark

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n.
Any of various bottom-feeding sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae, having long barbels near the mouth and feeding chiefly at night, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum of tropical and subtropical waters.

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