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Definition: houndshark
Houndfish
\Hound"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]