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epaulette shark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

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noun

A species of longtail carpet shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum.

noun

Any of various other species of sharks in the genus Hemiscyllium.

From epaulette + shark.

epaulette sharks (plural)

Halmahera epaulette shark

What does epaulette shark mean?: A species of longtail carpet shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum.
Where does epaulette shark come from?: From epaulette + shark.

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