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DOGFISHES
DOGFISH
dogfish
(noun) any of several small sharks
bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva
(noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
dogfishes
plural of dogfish
Source: Wiktionary
DOGFISH
Dog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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