Definition of nurse shark in English:

nurse shark

noun

A shark with barbels on the snout.
Three species in the family Orectolobidae (or Ginglymostomatidae), in particular Ginglymostoma cirratum, a slow-swimming brownish shark of warm Atlantic waters
Example sentencesExamples
- It's called a nurse shark because you see those barbels under the mouth.
- Normally calm species of sharks such as the nurse shark can be provoked to violence if they take a liking to your Starter Jacket.
- Of particular concern is the grey nurse shark, a smaller, less predatory shark living off the coast of New South Wales and Queensland.
- The whale shark, the hammerhead and the nurse shark are impossible to confuse.
- On our first dive, 77 minutes at Palancar caves, we saw one of everything: a nurse shark, hawksbill turtle, spotted eagle ray, southern stingray, green moray, and a spotted moray.

Origin

Mid 19th century: nurse ‘dogfish shark’, alteration of Middle English nusse, perhaps derived (by wrong division) from an huss (see huss).

Definition of nurse shark in US English:

nurse shark

nounˈnərs ˌSHärk

A shark with barbels on the snout.
Three species in the family Orectolobidae (or Ginglymostomatidae), in particular Ginglymostoma cirratum, a slow-swimming brownish shark of warm Atlantic waters
Example sentencesExamples
- The whale shark, the hammerhead and the nurse shark are impossible to confuse.
- Normally calm species of sharks such as the nurse shark can be provoked to violence if they take a liking to your Starter Jacket.
- On our first dive, 77 minutes at Palancar caves, we saw one of everything: a nurse shark, hawksbill turtle, spotted eagle ray, southern stingray, green moray, and a spotted moray.
- It's called a nurse shark because you see those barbels under the mouth.
- Of particular concern is the grey nurse shark, a smaller, less predatory shark living off the coast of New South Wales and Queensland.

Origin

Mid 19th century: nurse ‘dogfish shark’, alteration of Middle English nusse, perhaps derived (by wrong division) from an huss (see huss).

单词	nurse shark
释义	Definition of nurse shark in English: nurse shark noun A shark with barbels on the snout. Three species in the family Orectolobidae (or Ginglymostomatidae), in particular Ginglymostoma cirratum, a slow-swimming brownish shark of warm Atlantic waters Example sentencesExamples It's called a nurse shark because you see those barbels under the mouth. Normally calm species of sharks such as the nurse shark can be provoked to violence if they take a liking to your Starter Jacket. Of particular concern is the grey nurse shark, a smaller, less predatory shark living off the coast of New South Wales and Queensland. The whale shark, the hammerhead and the nurse shark are impossible to confuse. On our first dive, 77 minutes at Palancar caves, we saw one of everything: a nurse shark, hawksbill turtle, spotted eagle ray, southern stingray, green moray, and a spotted moray. Origin Mid 19th century: nurse ‘dogfish shark’, alteration of Middle English nusse, perhaps derived (by wrong division) from an huss (see huss). Definition of nurse shark in US English: nurse shark nounˈnərs ˌSHärk A shark with barbels on the snout. Three species in the family Orectolobidae (or Ginglymostomatidae), in particular Ginglymostoma cirratum, a slow-swimming brownish shark of warm Atlantic waters Example sentencesExamples The whale shark, the hammerhead and the nurse shark are impossible to confuse. Normally calm species of sharks such as the nurse shark can be provoked to violence if they take a liking to your Starter Jacket. On our first dive, 77 minutes at Palancar caves, we saw one of everything: a nurse shark, hawksbill turtle, spotted eagle ray, southern stingray, green moray, and a spotted moray. It's called a nurse shark because you see those barbels under the mouth. Of particular concern is the grey nurse shark, a smaller, less predatory shark living off the coast of New South Wales and Queensland. Origin Mid 19th century: nurse ‘dogfish shark’, alteration of Middle English nusse, perhaps derived (by wrong division) from an huss (see huss).
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