dogfishnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɒɡ.fɪʃ/us/ˈdɑːɡ.fɪʃ/plural dogfish or dogfishesa type of small shark
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Sea fish
- anchovy
- barracuda
- bream
- cod
- coley
- groper
- haddock
- hake
- halibut
- herring
- ray
- remora
- salmon
- salmon trout
- sardine
- swordfish
- trout
- tuna
- turbot
- white pointer
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Examples from literature
- He compared these gill-slits with those of a dogfish.
- It is fished by small boats and vessels when the dogfish are on the outer grounds.
- Seal and dogfish follow the salmon.
- Some big dogfish also passed by, a voracious species of shark if there ever was one.
- You'll scare even the sharks and dogfish away.