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smooth hound

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smooth⋅hound

  [smooth-hound]
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–noun
a smooth dogfish, esp. Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
Also called smoothhound shark.

Origin:
1595–1605; smooth + hound 1
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smooth hound  
n.  Any dogfish of the genus Mustelus, especially a smooth dogfish (M. mustelus) of southern Europe, found occasionally in American Atlantic waters.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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