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Webster 1913 Edition
Dogfish
Dog′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
1.
A small shark, of many species, of the genera
Mustelus
, Scyllium
, Spinax
, etc. ☞ The European spotted dogfishes (
Scyllium catudus
, and Scyllium 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dogfish
DOGFISH
,Noun.