(n) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America, Syn.dogfish, Amia calva, grindle
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. (Zool.) 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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 ]
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