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dogfish
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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dogfishdogfish - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
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] nroussette f
dog food nnourriture f pour chiens


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