NOUN | animal | dogfish, bowfin, grindle, Amia calva | primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin |
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animal | dogfish | any of several small sharks |
Sounds | dao'gfih.sh | |
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Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... |
Meaning | Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America. | |
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Synonyms | bowfin, grindle, Amia calva | |
Member of | Amia, genus Amia | type genus of the Amiidae |
Broader | ganoid, ganoid fish | Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering |
Spanish | amia calva, amia, grindle | |
Catalan | amia, grindle |
Meaning | Any of several small sharks. | |
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Narrower | smooth dogfish | small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts |
spiny dogfish | small bottom-dwelling dogfishes | |
Broader | shark | Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
Spanish | cazón, gáleo, perro marino | |
Catalan | caçó, pegorella |
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