Any of various dogfishes or sharks; (now) esp. (more fully grey nurse) the Australian shark Odontaspis arenarius (family Odontaspididae) of shallow…

A dogfish, spec. the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (family Scyliorhinidae), which has rough-feeling skin. Cf. row hound n. at row…

= nurse, n.2

A name of the Dogfish (Scyllium canicula).

Any of several dogfishes, esp. the large-spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus stellaris (family Scyliorhinidae).

Chiefly British. A fishmongers' name for: (a) either of two dogfishes, the nurse hound, Scyliorhinus stellaris, and the lesser spotted dogfish, S. can…

The rough hound or sandy dog, Scyliorhinus canicula (family Scyliorhinidae), a small shark commonly found in the north-east Atlantic; also called…