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small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia

1. : greenland shark

2. : any of various sharks of a widely distributed family (Orectolobidae); especially : gata

3. : a large pale Australian sand shark (Carcharias arenarius)

any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, esp. Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.

[1850-55; allegedly so called because the male habitually hangs on to the female's fin with his teeth]

nurse shark noun

Any shark of the family Orectolobidae

Main Entry: ↑nurse

nurse shark,

any of various sharks that rest for a long time between movements, especially the gata-nosed shark.

n. 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