Found 2 items, similar to Dogfish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dogfish 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)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dogfish Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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]