smooth dogfish

smooth dogfish

n.

Any of several dogfishes lacking a spine in front of the dorsal fin, especially a species (Mustelus canis) found abundantly on the American Atlantic coast and often used in classrooms for dissection and study.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

smooth dogfish - small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts dogfish - any of several small sharks family Triakidae, Triakidae - small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound, smoothhound shark - smooth dogfish of European coastal waters American smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis - found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas Florida smoothhound, Mustelus norrisi - found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil reef whitetip shark, Triaenodon obseus, whitetip shark - smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins