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dog•fish
Pronunciation: (dôg'fish", dog'-), [key]—
n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es.
1. any of several small sharks, esp. of the genera
Mustelus and
Squalus, that are destructive to food fishes.
2. any of various other fishes, as the bowfin.
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