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gray⋅fish

[grey-fish]
–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, esp. the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.

Origin:
1785–95; gray 1 + fish
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dog·fish   (dôg'fĭsh', dŏg'-)   
n.   pl. dogfish or dog·fish·es
  1. Any of various small sharks, chiefly of the family Squalidae, of Atlantic and Pacific coastal waters. Also called grayfish.

  2. See bowfin.

gray·fish   (grā'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. grayfish or gray·fish·es
See dogfish.
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