carpet shark in British English
noun
any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, having two dorsal fins and a patterned back, typically marked with white and brown
carpet shark in American English
noun
any shark of the family Orectolobidae, found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters, having mottled skin and fleshy lobes along the sides of the head
Word origin
[1925–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: decibel, dropout, off-line, payload, runoutImage ofcarpet shark
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