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Dogfish

Dogfish Meaning & Definition
Dogfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dogfish?

[n] any of several small sharks
[n] primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dogfish: Amia calva | bowfin | grindle

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See Also | Amia | ganoid | ganoid fish | genus Amia | shark | smooth dogfish | spiny dogfish

Dogfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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