wobbegong

From a native Australian name.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒbɪɡɒŋ/

wobbegong (plural wobbegongs)

1. 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.
   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 98:

     The Shark Attack File lists only one authenticated wobbegong attack, but contains fourteen "unauthoritative" attacks, and given the distinctive appearance of these sharks, it is very likely that at least some of the sharks were wobbegongs.

• dwarf spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus parvimaculatus)
• floral banded wobbegong (Orectolobus floridus)

Borrowed from English wobbegong.

• Hyphenation: wob‧be‧gong

wobbegong m (plural wobbegongs)

1. wobbegong, any shark of the Orectolobidae.

   Synonym: bakerhaai