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houndfish
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houndfish, n.
Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus , of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis ), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark , and dogfish . [1913 Webster]
" The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula ; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus . The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix ), and to the silver gar."
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