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 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.
 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.
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