Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shark, Scylliorhinus catulus. See cut under mermaid's-purse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See houndfish.

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  • noun Scyliorhinus stellaris, a species of catshark.

Etymologies

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nurse +‎ hound

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