dogfish

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  1. noun Any of various small sharks, chiefly of the family Squalidae, of Atlantic and Pacific coastal waters. Also called grayfish.
  2. noun See bowfin.

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  • The water was filled with dogfish, and old sea dogs, and lapdogs were swimming around and around the island. —  Roc and a Hard Place
  • It's the sort-of national dish of Campeche, where they use blacktip sharks to make it; dogfish or "baby" shark is used in Yucatán. —  Houston Press | Complete Issue
  • Stage and season effects on cell cycle and apoptotic activities of germ cells and Sertoli cells during spermatogenesis in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Biologist Ross Daley holds an endangered dogfish, tagged then released in a Commonwealth Marine Reserve off the east coast of Flinders Island. —  UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World
  • The dogfish were found in a Commonwealth Marine Park east of Flinders Island and college Lecturer David Maynard says researchers are now back out on the water trying to find more. —  UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World
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/ˈdɑgfɪʃ/
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