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dogfish.

Any of various small sharks

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any of various small sharks

  2. Any of various small sharks Especially those from the family Squalidae

  3. Any of various small sharks A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae

  4. Any of various small sharks A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae

  5. Any of various small sharks Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris

    UK

  6. Any of various small sharks Scyliorhinus canicula

  7. Any of various small sharks Squalus suckleyi

    Canada

  8. Any of various small sharks Mustelus canis

  9. Any of various small sharks Bodianus rufus

    Barbados

  10. Any of various small sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis

    Guyana

  11. Any of various small sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum

    Trinidad-and-Tobago

  12. Any of various small sharks Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii

    Namibia

  13. The bowfin, Amia calva.

    US
Where this word comes from

From dog + fish. Compare Greek σκυλόψαρο (skylópsaro, “dogfish”), Latin canicula (“dogfish”, literally “little dog”), Italian pescecane (“dogfish”), French chien de mer (literally “dog of the sea”), German Meerhund (literally “seadog”) and Hundfisch (“dogfish”), and English seadog. For non-Indo-European cognates, see Maltese kelb il-baħar (literally “dog of the sea”) and Turkish köpek balığı (“shark”), likely calques from Indo-European languages.

verb

  1. To engage in dogfishing.

Where this word comes from

From dog + fish. Compare Greek σκυλόψαρο (skylópsaro, “dogfish”), Latin canicula (“dogfish”, literally “little dog”), Italian pescecane (“dogfish”), French chien de mer (literally “dog of the sea”), German Meerhund (literally “seadog”) and Hundfisch (“dogfish”), and English seadog. For non-Indo-European cognates, see Maltese kelb il-baħar (literally “dog of the sea”) and Turkish köpek balığı (“shark”), likely calques from Indo-European languages.

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