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nurse sharks

nurse sharks is the plural of nurse shark.

Meaning of nurse shark

Noun

nurse shark (plural nurse sharks)

  1. Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.
  2. (broadly) Any small shark; a dogfish.

Questions about nurse sharks

What is nurse sharks the plural of?
Nurse sharks is the plural of nurse shark.

Words near nurse sharks in the dictionary

  1. nurse practitioner
  2. nurse practitioners
  3. Nurse Ratched
  4. Nurse Ratcheds
  5. nurse shark
  6. nurse sharks
  7. nurse's assistant
  8. nurse's assistants
  9. nurse's we
  10. nurse-assistant
  11. nurse-assistants

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