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DOGFISH (dogfishes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dogfish mean?
• DOGFISH (noun)
The noun DOGFISH has 2 senses:
1. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
2. any of several small sharks
Familiarity information: DOGFISH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Amia calva; bowfin; dogfish; grindle
Hypernyms ("dogfish" is a kind of...):
ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)
Holonyms ("dogfish" is a member of...):
Amia; genus Amia (type genus of the Amiidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several small sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("dogfish" is a kind of...):
shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dogfish"):
smooth dogfish (small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts)
spiny dogfish (small bottom-dwelling dogfishes)
Context examples
Based on the new model, the researchers predict that an increase of 1 degree Celsius in seawater temperature, relative to the year 2000, would lead to a 32% increase in methylmercury levels in cod and a 70% increase in spiny dogfish.
(Mercury levels in fish are on the rise, National Science Foundation)
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