From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
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