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Somniosus microcephalus
Nurse Nurse, n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.] 1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm. 2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. --Burke. 3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercari[ae] by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia. (b) Either one of the nurse sharks. Nurse shark. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. Wet nurse, Dry nurse. See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse, in the Vocabulary.

Meaning of Microcephalus from wikipedia

- microcephalus (Greenland shark). (n.d.). Animal Diversity Web. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Somniosus_microcephalus/ Somniosus microcephalus summary...
- Microcephaly (from Neo-Latin microcephalia, from Ancient Gr**** μικρός mikrós "small" and κεφαλή kephalé "head") is a medical condition involving a smaller-than-normal...
- "Lepidion microcephalus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidion microcephalus". FishBase...
- ). "Herzensteinia microcephalus". FishBase. October 2024 version. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Herzensteinia microcephalus". FishBase. August...
- Microcephalus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 15 described species in Microcephalus, found in South America. These 15 species...
- Bufoceratias microcephalus, the small-head toady seadevil, is a species of deep sea marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Diceratiidae, the double...
- Arius microcephalus at fishbase.org. Common names of Arius microcephalus at fishbase.org. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arius microcephalus". FishBase...
- The iris is bronze. The D. microcephalus is commonly confused with D. ebraccatus, the hourgl**** treefrog. The D. microcephalus can be distinguished by its...
- Iceland". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. "Somniosus microcephalus :: Florida Museum of Natural History". 9 May 2017. Archived from the...
- Osteochilus microcephalus is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. Osteochilus microcephalus is found in the Salween, Mae Klong, Chao Phraya...