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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     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]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the
     color. See Russet.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; --
        called also dogfish. See Dogfish.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zo["o]l.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus,
        Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The bowfin ({Amia calva). See Bowfin.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the
     color. See Russet.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; --
        called also dogfish. See Dogfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zo["o]l.)
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus,
        Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
  
     Note: The European spotted dogfishes ({Scyllium catudus, and
           S. 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.
  
     2. The bowfin ({Amia calva). See Bowfin.
  
     3. The burbot of Lake Erie.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dog-fish
     n.
     (alt sp en dogfish)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dogfish
     n.
     1 Any of various small sharks
     2 # especially those from the family Squalidae
     3 # a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
     4 # a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
     5 # (lb en UK) ''Scyliorhinus canicula'' or ''Scyliorhinus
  stellaris''
     6 # (lb en Azores Is.) ''Scyliorhinus canicula''
     7 # (lb en Canada) (taxlink Squalus suckleyi species)
     8 # (lb en Bermuda) (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     9 # (lb en Barbados) (taxlink Bodianus rufus species)
     10 # (lb en Guyana) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum species) or
  (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     11 # (lb en Trinidad and Tobago) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum
  species)
     12 # (lb en Namibia) ''Squalus acanthias'', (taxlink Squalus
  blainville species), (taxlink Squalus megalops species), or (taxlink
  Squalus mitsukurii species)
     13 (lb en US) The bowfin, ''Amia calva''.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dog-fish
     n.
     (alt sp en dogfish)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dogfish
     n.
     1 Any of various small sharks
     2 # especially those from the family Squalidae
     3 # a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
     4 # a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
     5 # (lb en UK) ''Scyliorhinus canicula'' or ''Scyliorhinus
  stellaris''
     6 # (lb en Azores Is.) ''Scyliorhinus canicula''
     7 # (lb en Canada) (taxlink Squalus suckleyi species)
     8 # (lb en Bermuda) (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     9 # (lb en Barbados) (taxlink Bodianus rufus species)
     10 # (lb en Guyana) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum species) or
  (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     11 # (lb en Trinidad and Tobago) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum
  species)
     12 # (lb en Namibia) ''Squalus acanthias'', (taxlink Squalus
  blainville species), (taxlink Squalus megalops species), or (taxlink
  Squalus mitsukurii species)
     13 (lb en US) The bowfin, ''Amia calva''.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dog-fish
     n.
     (alt sp en dogfish)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dogfish
     n.
     1 Any of various small sharks
     2 # especially those from the family Squalidae
     3 # a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
     4 # a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
     5 # (lb en UK) ''Scyliorhinus canicula'' or ''Scyliorhinus
  stellaris''
     6 # (lb en Azores Is.) ''Scyliorhinus canicula''
     7 # (lb en Canada) (taxlink Squalus suckleyi species)
     8 # (lb en Bermuda) (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     9 # (lb en Barbados) (taxlink Bodianus rufus species)
     10 # (lb en Guyana) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum species) or
  (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     11 # (lb en Trinidad and Tobago) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum
  species)
     12 # (lb en Namibia) ''Squalus acanthias'', (taxlink Squalus
  blainville species), (taxlink Squalus megalops species), or (taxlink
  Squalus mitsukurii species)
     13 (lb en US) The bowfin, ''Amia calva''.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dog-fish
     n.
     (alt sp en dogfish)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dogfish
     n.
     1 Any of various small sharks
     2 # especially those from the family Squalidae
     3 # a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
     4 # a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
     5 # (lb en UK) ''Scyliorhinus canicula'' or ''Scyliorhinus
  stellaris''
     6 # (lb en Azores Is.) ''Scyliorhinus canicula''
     7 # (lb en Canada) (taxlink Squalus suckleyi species)
     8 # (lb en Bermuda) (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     9 # (lb en Barbados) (taxlink Bodianus rufus species)
     10 # (lb en Guyana) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum species) or
  (taxlink Mustelus canis species)
     11 # (lb en Trinidad and Tobago) (taxlink Ginglymostoma cirratum
  species)
     12 # (lb en Namibia) ''Squalus acanthias'', (taxlink Squalus
  blainville species), (taxlink Squalus megalops species), or (taxlink
  Squalus mitsukurii species)
     13 (lb en US) The bowfin, ''Amia calva''.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dogfish /dˈɒɡfɪʃ/
  كلب البحر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dogfish /dˈɒɡfɪʃ/
  druh žraloka

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dogfish /dˈɒɡfɪʃ/ 
  piikkihai
  shark in family Squalidae

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dogfish /dˈɒɡfɪʃ/
  1. birkaç çeşit köpekbalığı, (zool.) Mustelus.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɔɡˌfɪʃ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 角鲨鱼之一种;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 角鲨鱼之一种

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