6 definitions found 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}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; -- called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] 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. [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] 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}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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)]
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