单词 | grey nurse shark |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey nurse shark grey nurse n. (also more fully grey nurse shark) a large shark, Carcharias taurus, of warm coastal waters worldwide; also called sand tiger. ΚΠ 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. xii. 390 The ‘school-shark’ is dealt with as above. But if the ‘grey-nurse’, or old solitary shark be hooked, the cable is cut [etc.]. 1917 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 589/2 The gray nurse, like the white shark, is noted for its daring ferocity. 1969 Man (Austral.) Mar. 12/2 There's even been grey nurse hooked here, and a blue marlin that had been hunted over from the deep-sea beds. 2004 Winnipeg Free Press 29 June a12 An Australian diver..says he speared a grey nurse shark in self-defence. < as lemmas |
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