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noun
Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any small shark; a dogfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ginglymostoma cirratum
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Broader terms: shark
History
See nurse, nusse, huss
Across languages
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