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 Dog·fish n. Zool.
 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
 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.
 2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
 3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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