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Definition of Nurse shark
1. Noun. Small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia.
Generic synonyms: Shark
Group relationships: Genus Ginglymostoma, Ginglymostoma
Definition of Nurse shark
1. Noun. Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family ''Ginglymostomatidae'' that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nurse Shark
Literary usage of Nurse shark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sharks of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (2000)
"nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum ee IDENTIFICATION DISTRIBUTION The nurse shark
has a very large second dorsal fin, a first dorsal fin located far back ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Commercial manures seem to be slower in bringing "treed" land into condition
again than are stable manure and green crops. Nurse-shark, a name given by ..."
3. Best Dives of the Caribbean by Joyce Huber (2006)
"Thinking hard, the dive master remembered a big old nurse shark who could be found
... The nurse shark, true to its calm reputation, just kept sleeping. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"Nurse-shark, a name given by American fishermen to several different kinds of
shark, as the Sleeper (Somniosus microcephalus), and especially a voracious ..."
5. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"... taken for their oil is called by the fisherman the "nurse shark," but it is
... northern nurse-shark.* It may be the " Cat-shark " or " Gata," of which ..."
6. Best Dives of the Bahamas & Bermuda, Florida Keys, Turks & Caicos by Joyce Huber (2000)
"Thinking hard, the divemaster remembered a big old nurse shark who could be found
... The nurse shark, true to its calm reputation, just kept sleeping. ..."
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