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dogfish

[dawg-fish, dog-] Origin

dog·fish

[dawg-fish, dog-]
noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish·es.
1.
any of several small sharks, especially of the genera Mustelus and Squalus, that are destructive to food fishes.
2.
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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