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dogfish

[ UK /dˈɒɡfɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɔɡˌfɪʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
  2. any of several small sharks

How To Use dogfish In A Sentence

  • Although the council has already certified several B.C. fisheries, such as hake, halibut and Fraser sockeye (the latter particularly disputed by some environmental groups) as sustainably managed, the dogfish is proving trickier. Canada.com Top Stories
  • In some areas small skates and dogfish (a small shark species) appear to have taken over the cod's niche in the ecosystem.
  • There are two species of dogfish in Guernsey waters, the Lesser Spotted and the Greater Spotted of Bull Huss.
  • Whereas the dogfish is trawled up with other fish, porbeagle is hunted for itself. Food Watch
  • These are the animals chosen for the mission: Lynx, Fox, Wolf, Wolverine, Mouse, Pike (a freshwater fish), and Dogfish (a kind of small shark--dogfish is a funny name for a shark, isn't it?).
  • In the intestine there is a spiral valve, like that in the dogfish, which is not present in more advanced bony fishes.
  • Whereas special techniques are needed for catching large sharks such as the porbeagle, dogfish come up frequently in trawls along with other fish.
  • Eleven of these are of the shark variety, who live in blissful harmony with stingrays, thornback rays, conger eels and dogfish, to name but a few.
  • Poole boat anglers found the going tough with just odd pout, dogfish, whiting and occasional cod.
  • Dogfish Shark Placoid Scales - The bodies of dogfishes, like all sharks, are externally lined with placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles. Undefined
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