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dogfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dogfish has 2 senses
- dogfish(n = noun.animal) amia calva, bowfin, grindle - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America; Array is a kind of ganoid, ganoid fish
- dogfish(n = noun.animal) Array - any of several small sharks; Array is a kind of shark
is a member of amia, genus amia
has particulars: smooth dogfish, spiny dogfish
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dogfish, n. (pl. same or dogfishes) any of various small sharks esp. of the families Scyliorhinidae or Squalidae.
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