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PACIFIC SPINY DOGFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacific spiny dogfish mean? 

PACIFIC SPINY DOGFISH (noun)
  The noun PACIFIC SPINY DOGFISH has 1 sense:

1. dogfish of Pacific coast of North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: PACIFIC SPINY DOGFISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PACIFIC SPINY DOGFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dogfish of Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pacific spiny dogfish; Squalus suckleyi

Hypernyms ("Pacific spiny dogfish" is a kind of...):

spiny dogfish (small bottom-dwelling dogfishes)

Holonyms ("Pacific spiny dogfish" is a member of...):

genus Squalus; Squalus (spiny dogfishes)


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