nurse shark
noun
: any of various usually bottom-dwelling sharks (family Ginglymostomatidae) with barbels near the nostrils
especially
: a large yellowish to grayish brown shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) of warm usually shallow coastal waters that is typically nonaggressive and rests often in groups on the sea floor during the day
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The aquarium’s shark alley exhibition features seven species, including nurse sharks, sandbar sharks and largetooth sawfish sharks.
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Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2025
Dancing With Sharks - Watch five divers compete to put together an amazing underwater routine with sharks, from hammerheads to tigers and nurse sharks.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
There are also over 400 species of sharks, including the tiger shark, bull shark, crocodile shark, leopard shark and nurse shark.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 12 July 2025
But in nurse sharks, researchers found that the pancreas contains structured clusters of immune cells called B cell follicles.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2025
Dancing With Sharks - Watch five divers compete to put together an amazing underwater routine with sharks, from hammerheads to tigers and nurse sharks.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
There are also over 400 species of sharks, including the tiger shark, bull shark, crocodile shark, leopard shark and nurse shark.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 12 July 2025
But in nurse sharks, researchers found that the pancreas contains structured clusters of immune cells called B cell follicles.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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“Nurse shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse%20shark. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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