grey nurse

noun

A common and cosmopolitan species of shark, Carcharias taurus, family Odontaspididae.

Meanings

noungrey nurse (plural grey nurses)

plural grey nurses

  1. A common and cosmopolitan species of shark, Carcharias taurus, family Odontaspididae.

    Synonyms: grey nurse shark

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA common and cosmopolitan species of shark, Carcharias taurus, family Odontaspididae.

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Chicago

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