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dogfish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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dog·fish /ˈdɒɡˌfɪʃ $ ˈdɒːɡ-/ noun (plural dogfish or dogfishes) [countable]  HBFa type of small shark 角鲨,星鲨,狗鲨
Examples from the Corpus
dogfishBoats heading out past the Needles found just odd cod along with a few whiting, rays, pout and dogfish.Burnham boat anglers enjoyed good sport with cod and a few dogfish and rays.Towyn north beach good for dogfish but flounder and dabs reported from the southern section at Penllyn and the rifle range.Mull of Galloway rock marks for dogfish, small codling and coalfish.Pout, whiting, dabs and odd dogfish made up bags.Chesil Beach gave dabs, pout and small whiting during daylight with odd dogfish at night.Men are descended from fish, perhaps of the shark or dogfish type.Poole boat anglers found the going tough with just odd pout, dogfish, whiting and occasional cod.
dog·fish nounChineseSyllable
small Corpus a shark of type


dogfish
dogfish /ˈdɒɡˌfɪʃ $ ˈdɒːɡ-/ noun (plural dogfish or dogfishes) [countable]
a type of small shark


dog·fishBrE /ˈdɒɡfɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɔːɡfɪʃ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
dog·fish
)
a small shark (= an aggressive sea fish with very sharp teeth) 狗鲨(小型鲨鱼,极富攻击性)