dogfish (redirected from dogfishes)

dog·fish  (dôgfsh, dg-)

n. pl. dogfish or dog·fish·es

1. Any of various small sharks, chiefly of the family Squalidae, of Atlantic and Pacific coastal waters. Also called grayfish.

2. See bowfin.

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dogfish [ˈdɒgˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several small spotted European sharks, esp Scyliorhinus caniculus (lesser spotted dogfish): family Scyliorhinidae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small shark of the family Squalidae, esp Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish), typically having a spine on each dorsal fin

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small smooth-skinned shark of the family Triakidae, esp Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish or smooth hound)

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a less common name for the bowfin

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dogfish - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America Amia calva, bowfin, grindle ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering Amia, genus Amia - type genus of the Amiidae
	2.	dogfish - any of several small sharks shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales smooth dogfish - small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts spiny dogfish - small bottom-dwelling dogfishes

Translations

dogfish [ˈdɒgfɪʃ] N (dogfish or dogfishes (pl)) → perro m marino, cazón m

dogfish [ˈdɒgfɪʃ] n → roussette f
dog food n → nourriture f pour chiens