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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes;
[syn: Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias]


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. [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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Squalus acanthias n 1: destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes [syn: Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias]