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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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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.
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     2. (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; -- called
        also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.
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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}.
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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.
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     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.
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     2. The bowfin ({Amia calva}). See {Bowfin}.
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     3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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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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