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Shark that’s spotted female is hot on trail
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dogfish
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Word definitions for dogfish in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious ganoid fish ( Amia calva ) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle , and dogfish .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [syn: bowfin , grindle , Amia calva ] any of several small sharks [also: dogfishes (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
a name for various types of small shark, late 15c., dokefyche , from dog (n.) + fish (n.). Said to be so called because they hunt in packs. This was the image of sharks in classical antiquity as well.\n\nBut in the Mediterranean, among the Greeks and Romans ...
Usage examples of dogfish.
Straightforward dissections of the earthworm, the frog, the afferent and efferent systems of the dogfish, that kind of thing.
And pulling hooks off the bottom, replacing hooks after dogfish swallowed them, untangling snarls, and fixing all the other minor disasters that came while learning how to catch bottom fish.
This was followed by a dogfish shark, with huge, milky, sightless eyes resembling headlamps.