Squalus acanthias

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Squalus acanthias
    n 1: destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of
         America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes [syn:
         {Atlantic spiny dogfish}, {Squalus acanthias}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera {Mustelus},
      {Scyllium}, {Spinax}, etc.
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   Note: The European spotted dogfishes ({Scyllium catudus}, and
         {Scyllium 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.
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   2. The bowfin ({Amia calva}). See {Bowfin}.
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   3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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