Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dogfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the
color. See {Russet}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species
({Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian
ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; --
called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to
North America; called {bowfin} in Lake Champlain, {dogfish}
in Lake Erie, and {mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See
{Bowfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera {Mustelus},
{Scyllium}, {Spinax}, etc.
Note: The European spotted dogfishes ({Scyllium catudus}, and
{S. canicula}) are very abundant; the American smooth,
or blue dogfish is {Mustelus canis}; the common picked,
or horned dogfish ({Squalus acanthias}) abundant on
both sides of the Atlantic.
2. The bowfin ({Amia calva}). See {Bowfin}.
3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A voracious ganoid fish ({Amia calva}) found in the fresh
waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also
{Johnny Grindle}, and {dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any small shark of the genus {Galeus} or {Mustelus}, of which
there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({G.
canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also {houndshark},
and {dogfish}.
Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is
{Scyllium canicula}; the rough houndfish, or
large-spotted dogfish, is {S. catulus}. The name has
also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus
saltatrix}), and to the silver gar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dogfish
n 1: primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a
very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North
America [syn: {bowfin}, {grindle}, {Amia calva}]
2: any of several small sharks
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