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dogfish 音标拼音: [d'ɔgf ,ɪʃ] n. 角鲨鱼之一种 角鲨鱼之一种 dogfish n 1: primitive long- bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [ synonym: { bowfin}, { grindle}, { dogfish}, { Amia calva}] 2: any of several small sharksHoundfish \ Hound" fish\, n. ( Zool.) 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]
Roussette \ Rous* sette"\, n. [ F.; -- so called in allusion to the color. See { Russet}.] 1. ( Zool.) A fruit bat, especially the large species ({ Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) Any small shark of the genus { Scyllium}; -- called also { dogfish}. See { Dogfish}. [ 1913 Webster]
Amia \ Am" i* a\, n. [ L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] ( Zool.) A genus of fresh- water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called { bowfin} in Lake Champlain, { dogfish} in Lake Erie, and { mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See { Bowfin}. [ 1913 Webster]
Dogfish \ Dog" fish`\, n. ( Zool.) 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]
Bowfin \ Bow" fin`\, n. ( Zool.) A voracious ganoid fish ({ Amia calva}) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also { Johnny Grindle}, and { dogfish}. [ 1913 Webster]
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