Houndfish

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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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