wobbegong

[ wob-ee-gong ]

noun

, Australian.

1. the carpet shark.

wobbegong

/ ˈwɒbɪˌɡɒŋ /

noun

1. an Australian carpet shark, Orectolobus maculatus , with brown-and-white skin

Word History and Origins

Origin of wobbegong¹

First recorded in 1850–55; perhaps from an Australian Aboriginal language

Word History and Origins

Origin of wobbegong¹

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

The shark exhibit, which opened June 30 on Brooklyn’s Coney Island, opens with a tunnel overhead that showcases a colorful Indo-Pacific reef and the sort of sharks that thrive there — wobbegong, white-tips and black-tips.

From Washington Post

At one point, they didn't even seem to notice a bottom-dwelling wobbegong shark sneaking up.

From Science Magazine

There are three sandbar sharks at the zoo, as well as blacktip reef sharks, nurse sharks, a sand tiger shark and a Japanese wobbegong.

From Washington Times

A single blood sample was extracted from a wobbegong shark at Melbourne Aquarium, .

From BBC

Like the fish that doesn’t know the Wobbegong shark is there until he feels its teeth close around him, they had been caught.

From The Guardian