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Webster 1913 Edition
Houndfish
Hound′fish
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any small shark of the genus
Galeus
or Mustelus
, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis
), of Europe and America; – called also houndshark
, and dogfish
. ☞ The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is
Scyllium canicula
; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus
. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix
), and to the silver gar. Webster 1828 Edition
Houndfish
HOUND'FISH
,Noun.
A species of shark, the Squalus mustelus.
Definition 2024
houndfish
houndfish
English
Noun
houndfish (plural houndfishes or houndfish)
- Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
Synonyms
- (gamefish in Belonidae): crocodile needlefish