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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

dogfish
    n 1: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a
         very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North
         America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva]
    2: any of several small sharks

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zool.)
   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.
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   Note: 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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the
   color. See Russet.]
   1. (Zool.) A fruit bat, especially the large species
      (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian
      ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
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   2. (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called
      also dogfish. See Dogfish.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zool.)
   A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to
   North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish
   in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See
   Bowfin.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus,
      Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
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   Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and
         Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American
         smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common
         picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
         abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
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   2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
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   3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zool.)
   A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh
   waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also
   Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
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