sea hound

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English

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Etymology

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From sea +‎ hound. Compare formally similar Dutch zeehond (“seal”), German Seehund (“seal”), which are alterations of earlier Dutch zaalhond (literally “seal-hound”) (<Middle Dutch saelhont, seelhont), earlier German Seelhund (literally “seal-hound”).

Noun

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sea hound (plural sea hounds)

  1. A dogfish (kind of shark).

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