nurse hound
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nurse hound
▶noun a large spotted dogfish of the NE Atlantic, which is caught for food. [Scyliorhinus stellaris.]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hound/haʊnd/
▶noun
- 1 a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.
- 2 a person eagerly seeking something: a publicity hound.
- 3 used in names of dogfishes, e.g. nurse hound.
– origin OE hund, of Gmc origin.
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