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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.
Definition 2024
dogfish
dogfish
English
Noun
dogfish (countable and uncountable, plural dogfish or dogfishes)
- Any of various small sharks
- especially those from the family Squalidae
- a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
- a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
- (Britain) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
- (Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula
- (Canada) Squalus suckleyi
- (Bermuda) Mustelus canis
- (Barbados) Bodianus rufus
- (Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
- (Trinidad, Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum
- (Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
- (US) The bowfin, Amia calva.
Derived terms
terms derived from dogfish
Translations
small shark
shark in family Squalidae
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shark in family Dalatidae — see kitefin shark
shark in family Scyliorhinidae — see catshark
small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families
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bowfin — see bowfin
See also
- dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta, salmon family)
- catfish
- flake
- smooth hound (sharks in genus Mustelus)