dogfish

English[edit]

dog +‎ fish. Compare Greek σκυλόψαρο (skylópsaro, “dogfish”), Latin canicula (“dogfish”, literally “little dog”), Italian pescecane (“dogfish”), French chien de mer (literally “dog of the sea”), German Meerhund (literally “seadog”) and Hundfisch (“dogfish”), and English seadog. For non-Indo-European cognates, see Maltese kelb il-baħar (literally “dog of the sea”) and Turkish köpek balığı (“shark”), likely calques from Indo-European languages.

dogfish (plural dogfish or dogfishes)

terms derived from dogfish

small shark

shark in family Squalidae

shark in family Dalatidae — see kitefin shark

shark in family Scyliorhinidae — see catshark

small sharks of the Scyliorhinidae, Dalatiidae and Squalidae families

Cornish: ^{(please verify)} morgi
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Dornhaiartige m pl
Greek: ^{(please verify)} σκυλόψαρο (el) n (skylópsaro)
Ancient: γαλεός m (galeós)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} háfur (is) m
Irish: ^{(please verify)} siorc fíogaigh m, fíogach m
Italian: pescecane (it) m
Latin: ^{(please verify)} canicula f
Manx: ^{(please verify)} caillagh vreck f
Maori: ^{(please verify)} kapetā
Portuguese: cação (pt) m
Russian: ^{(please verify)} морска́я соба́ка f (morskája sobáka)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} morgi m

bowfin — see bowfin