carpet shark

carpet shark

n (Animals) any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, having two dorsal fins and a patterned back, typically marked with white and brown

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carpet shark - shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skinOrectolobus barbatusshark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scalesgenus Orectolobus, Orectolobus - carpet sharks