dog·fish /-ˌfɪʃ/
角鯊魚之一種
dog·fish /-ˌfɪʃ/ 名詞
角鯊,星鯊
Dog·fish n. Zool.
1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
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.
2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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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)]