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dogfish
(dɒgfɪʃ, US dɔːg-)
Word forms: plural dogfish
countable noun
A dogfish is a small shark. There are several kinds of dogfish.
dogfish in British English
(ˈdɒɡˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural -fish or -fishes
1.
any of several small spotted European sharks, esp Scyliorhinus canicula (lesser spotted dogfish): family Scyliorhinidae
2.
any small shark of the family Squalidae, esp Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish), typically having a spine on each dorsal fin
3.
any small smooth-skinned shark of the family Triakidae, esp Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish or smooth hound)
4. a less common name for the bowfin
dogfish in American English
(ˈdɔgˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈdogˌfish or ˈdogˌfishes
1.
any of various small sharks, as a spiny dogfish or the smooth dogfish
2.
bowfin
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In other languagesdogfish
British English: dogfish NOUN
A dogfish is a small shark. There are several kinds of dogfish.
- American English: dogfish
- Brazilian Portuguese: cação
- Chinese: 角鲨
- European Spanish: cazón
- French: roussette
- German: Hundshai
- Italian: spinarolo
- Japanese: ツノザメ
- Korean: 돔발상어
- European Portuguese: cação
- Latin American Spanish: cazón
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