Definition of Dogfesh

Definition of Dogfesh

Dog"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

&fist; The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. 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.

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

3. The burbot of Lake Erie.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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