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Any of eight species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the Orectolobidae family, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin around their mouth.
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wobbegong — type of Australian shark, 1852, an Aboriginal word … Etymology dictionary
Wobbegong — Wobbegongs Temporal range: Upper Jurassic–Recent … Wikipedia
Wobbegong — Teppichhaie Wobbegong Systematik Klasse: Knorpelfische (Chondrichthyes) Unterklasse … Deutsch Wikipedia
wobbegong — /ˈwɒbigɒŋ / (say wobeegong) noun any of various sharks of the genus Orectolobus, having a flattened body and mottled colouring and living on the bottom of the sea, found along the eastern coast of Australia and other waters of the western Pacific …
wobbegong — /wob ee gong /, n. Australian. the carpet shark. [1850 55; perh. < an Australian Aboriginal language] * * * … Universalium
wobbegong — [ wɒbɪgɒŋ] noun a brown Australian carpet shark with pale markings. [Orectolobus maculatus.] Origin C19: prob. from a New South Wales Aborig. lang … English new terms dictionary
wobbegong — wob·be·gong … English syllables
wobbegong — n. carpet shark … Dictionary of difficult words
wobbegong — n. an Australian brown shark, Orectolobus maculatus, with buff patterned markings. Etymology: Aboriginal … Useful english dictionary
Ornate wobbegong — Conservation status Near Threatened& … Wikipedia
