: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story
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But unlike human nursery rhymes, the leopard seal tunes aren’t meant to soothe children to sleep.—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025 Her videos focus mainly on teaching children nursery rhymes and basic concepts like colors, shapes and words.—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 July 2025 His gimmick involved bizarre, contorting movements and reciting nursery rhymes before terrorizing his opponents.—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025 Her videos focus mainly on teaching children nursery rhymes, and basic concepts like colors, shapes and words.—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme
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