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Nurse shark

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nurse shark

–noun
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.

Origin:
1850–55; allegedly so called because the male habitually hangs on to the female's fin with his teeth
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