Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, female cat, from Late Latin catta cat — more at cat
: a shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) of the warmer parts of the Atlantic ocean — called also nurse shark
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/gah"teuh/, n.
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
[ < AmerSp, Sp: cat < LL catta CAT1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.