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smooth hound

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smooth hound
n.
Any dogfish of the genus Mustelus, especially a smooth dogfish (M. mustelus) of southern Europe, found occasionally in American Atlantic waters.

smooth hound
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several small sharks of the genus Mustelus, esp M. mustelus, a species of North Atlantic coastal regions: family Triakidae See also dogfish [3]
[from hound(fish); so called because it has no dorsal spines]


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