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dogfish

dog·fish

US/ˈdɔˌɡfɪʃ/ uncommon uk us

noun

1.
2.

any of several small sharks

Origin

From dog + fish. Compare Greek σκυλόψαρο (skylópsaro, “dogfish”), Latin canicula (“dogfish”, literally “little dog”), Italian pescecane (“dogfish”), French chien de mer (literally “dog of the sea”), German Meerhund (literally “seadog”) and Hundfisch (“dogfish”), and English seadog. For non-Indo-European cognates, see Maltese kelb il-baħar (literally “dog of the sea”) and Turkish köpek balığı (“shark”), likely calques from Indo-European languages.

Phrases

  • arrowhead dogfish
  • Azores dogfish
  • bareskin dogfish
  • birdbeak dogfish
  • black dogfish
  • broadband dogfish
  • chain dogfish
  • combtooth dogfish

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