noun
Meaning 1
Any of various small sharks
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dogfish
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of various small sharks
Especially those from the family Squalidae
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various small sharks
A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various small sharks
A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of various small sharks
Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of various small sharks
Scyliorhinus canicula
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of various small sharks
Squalus suckleyi
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Usage: Canada
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of various small sharks
Mustelus canis
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Qualifier: Bermuda
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noun
Meaning 9
Any of various small sharks
Bodianus rufus
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Usage: Barbados
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noun
Meaning 10
Any of various small sharks
Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
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Usage: Guyana
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noun
Meaning 11
Any of various small sharks
Ginglymostoma cirratum
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Usage: Trinidad-and-Tobago
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noun
Meaning 12
Any of various small sharks
Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
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Usage: Namibia
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noun
Meaning 13
The bowfin, Amia calva.
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Usage: US
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verb
Meaning 14
To engage in dogfishing.
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noun
Meaning 15
any of several small sharks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shark
Narrower terms: smooth dogfish, spiny dogfish
noun
Meaning 16
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bowfin, grindle, Amia calva
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Broader terms: ganoid, ganoid fish
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: rekinek — small shark
- Portuguese: cação — small shark
- Spanish: cazón — small shark
- Ottoman Turkish: كوپك بالغی (köpek balığı) — small shark
- Finnish: piikkihai — shark in family Squalidae
- German: Dornhai — shark in family Squalidae
- Ancient Greek: σκύλιον (skúlion) — shark in family Squalidae
- Nootka: yačaa — shark in family Squalidae
- Polish: koleń — shark in family Squalidae
- Portuguese: galhudo — shark in family Squalidae
- Portuguese: esqualídeo — shark in family Squalidae
- Portuguese: cação — shark in family Squalidae
- Tagalog: bilingbiling — shark in family Squalidae
- German: Dornhaiartige — small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families
- Ancient Greek: γαλεός (galeós) — small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families
- Irish: fíogach — small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families
- Italian: pescecane — small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families
- Polish: rekinek — small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families
- Portuguese: cação — small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families