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grey nurse shark

grey nurse shark noun: any shark of the family Odontaspididae.

Noun

grey nurse shark (plural grey nurse sharks)

  1. Any shark of the family Odontaspididae.
  2. A common and cosmopolitan species of shark, Carcharias taurus, family Odontaspididae.
    Synonyms:
    sand tiger shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, blue-nurse sand tiger

Synonyms of grey nurse shark

Forms of grey nurse shark

pluralgrey nurse sharks

Questions about grey nurse shark

What does grey nurse shark mean?
Grey nurse shark means any shark of the family Odontaspididae.
What part of speech is grey nurse shark?
Grey nurse shark is a noun.
What is the plural of grey nurse shark?
The plural of grey nurse shark is grey nurse sharks.

Words near grey nurse shark in the dictionary

  1. grey noddy
  2. grey noise
  3. grey nomad
  4. grey nomads
  5. grey nurse
  6. grey nurse shark
  7. grey nurse sharks
  8. grey nurses
  9. grey out
  10. grey ox
  11. grey parrot

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