Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HOUNDFISH
n.A fish, called also Galeus laevis, with a long round body, and ash-colored sides and back. A species of shark, the Squalus mustelus.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HOUNDFISH
HOUNDFISH Hound "fish, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
houndfish
hound |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or houndfishes ) a large garfish of warm inshore waters, which leaps from the water and skitters over the surface when disturbed. ●Genus Tylosaurus, family Belonidae: several species.
Oxford Dictionary
houndfish
hound |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or houndfishes ) a large garfish of warm inshore waters, which leaps from the water and skitters over the surface when disturbed. ●Genus Tylosaurus, family Belonidae: several species.
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