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nurse shark

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. nurse shark (noun)
  2. blue nurse (noun)
  3. gray nurse (noun)

nurse shark

noun

Definition of NURSE SHARK

: any of various sharks (as family Ginglymostomatidae); especially : a shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) of warm waters
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Origin of NURSE SHARK

alteration of nusse
First Known Use: 1851

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