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noun, plural ( especially collectively ) dog·fish ( especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) dog·fish·es.

any of several small sharks, especially of the genera Mustelus and Squalus, that are destructive to food fishes.

any of various other fishes, as the bowfin.

Origin:
1425–75; earlier dokefyche; late Middle English. See dog, fish

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dogfish (ˈdɒɡˌfɪʃ)

—n , pl -fish, -fishes
1.	any of several small spotted European sharks, esp Scyliorhinus caniculus (lesser spotted dogfish): family Scyliorhinidae
2.	any small shark of the family Squalidae, esp Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish), typically having a spine on each dorsal fin
3.	any small smooth-skinned shark of the family Triakidae, esp Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish or smooth hound)
4.	a less common name for the bowfin

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dogfish

a name for various types of small shark, late 15c., dokefyche, from dog (n.) + fish. Said to be so called because they hunt in packs.

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