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n. Any of various small sharks, chiefly of the family Squalidae, of Atlantic and Pacific coastal waters. Also called grayfish.

n. See bowfin.

n. Any of various small sharks, especially those from the families Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae, and Squalidae.

n. The bowfin, Amia calva.

n. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

n. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

n. The burbot of Lake Erie.

n. A name of various selachians and fishes belonging to widely distinct families.

n. A name of the menobranchus or mud-puppy, Necturus maculatus, a batrachian reptile.

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n. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

n. any of several small sharks

"There's a fish in my home town called a dogfish, which as far as I can tell is a purely local name and means different things in different areas."

ganoid fish    ganoid   

california dogfish    electric dogfish    dogfish shark    catfish    flake   

dogfishes    bowfin   

burbot    bowfin    eelpout   

soft-shell    mako    hammerhead    tibiae    anteaters    bandicoot    #bigcitylib    egg-laying    sunfish    cumberer