dogfish

== English == === Alternative forms === dog-fish === 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === dogfish (plural dogfish or dogfishes) Any of various small sharks Especially those from the family Squalidae A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae (UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris (Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula (Canada) Squalus suckleyi (Bermuda) Mustelus canis (Barbados) Bodianus rufus (Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis (Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum (Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii (US) The bowfin, Amia calva. ==== Synonyms ==== cur fish (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === dogfish (third-person singular simple present dogfishes, present participle dogfishing, simple past and past participle dogfished) To engage in dogfishing. === See also === dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta, salmon family) catfish flake smooth hound (sharks in genus Mustelus) waterdog === Further reading === Dogfish shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia