"wobbegong" meaning in English

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          "taxonomic": "Orectolobus parvimaculatus",
          "word": "dwarf spotted wobbegong"
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          "taxonomic": "Orectolobus floridus",
          "word": "floral banded wobbegong"
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          "taxonomic": "Orectolobus maculatus",
          "word": "spotted wobbegong"
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          "text": "The wobbegong is of little use; the liver will make some oil, and which is particularly good for parasites on animals, but the fish is not sought after, and the natives attack it when in their way, but do not meddle with it otherwise. South, as far as Jervis Bay, they call this fish thubbegong.",
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        "Any of several species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin around the mouth."
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      "word": "floral banded wobbegong"
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