sharp-nosed shark

noun

variants or sharpnose shark

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: a small gray or brown shark (Scoliodon terrae-novae) of both coasts of the Atlantic and especially abundant in the Caribbean area

also : a closely related slaty or bluish gray shark (S. longurio) of the Pacific coast of Mexico and southern California

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