Definitions
any of several small sharks
Word 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.
Used in a sentence
“Bowfins, sometimes called Dog-fish, live in sluggish waters throughout eastern N.A.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small shark”7 letters
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