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 Definitions of nurse shark  [ˈnɜr sə ri mən]  

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Definition of 'nurse shark' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) nurse shark
any scavenging shark of the family Orectolobidae, having a barbel and deep groove at either side of the mouth, esp.
Ginglymostoma cirratum.

Etymology:  (1850–55)

Definition of 'nurse shark' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum
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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