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Definition of dogfish in English: dogfishnounPlural dogfishes ˈdɒɡfɪʃˈdɔɡˌfɪʃ 1A small sand-coloured bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts. Scyliorhinus canicula, family Scyliorhinidae Also called rough hound, sandy dog Example sentencesExamples - In the intestine there is a spiral valve, like that in the dogfish, which is not present in more advanced bony fishes.
- In some areas small skates and dogfish (a small shark species) appear to have taken over the cod's niche in the ecosystem.
- Eleven of these are of the shark variety, who live in blissful harmony with stingrays, thornback rays, conger eels and dogfish, to name but a few.
- Lesser spotted dogfish are amongst the most common bottom dwelling fish in many areas and can be a real nuisance when trying to catch more desirable species.
- I also had a chance encounter with a lesser-spotted dogfish, so common on the West Coast but fairly rare here.
2with modifier A small shark that resembles or is related to the dogfish, sometimes caught for food. Several genera in the families Scyliorhinidae, Squalidae, and Triakidae Example sentencesExamples - Among the smallest shark species is the deepwater dogfish shark.
- Also to be protected are various species of ‘deep sea sharks’ such as the leafscale gulper shark, the mouse catshark, velvet belly and birdbeak dogfish.
- Single forms were cloned from dogfish shark, greenland shark, both lamprey species, hagfish, and amphioxus.
- In particular, the isolation of separate bullfrog and dogfish shark gastrin- and CCKlike peptides suggests that gastrin evolved much earlier than originally hypothesized.
- Further work is needed to establish whether the homologous CCK and gastrin act as separate peptides in dogfish sharks.
Definition of dogfish in US English: dogfishnounˈdôɡˌfiSHˈdɔɡˌfɪʃ 1A small sand-colored bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts. Scyliorhinus canicula, family Scyliorhinidae Example sentencesExamples - Eleven of these are of the shark variety, who live in blissful harmony with stingrays, thornback rays, conger eels and dogfish, to name but a few.
- In the intestine there is a spiral valve, like that in the dogfish, which is not present in more advanced bony fishes.
- I also had a chance encounter with a lesser-spotted dogfish, so common on the West Coast but fairly rare here.
- In some areas small skates and dogfish (a small shark species) appear to have taken over the cod's niche in the ecosystem.
- Lesser spotted dogfish are amongst the most common bottom dwelling fish in many areas and can be a real nuisance when trying to catch more desirable species.
2with modifier A small shark that resembles or is related to the dogfish, sometimes caught for food. Several genera in the families Scyliorhinidae, Squalidae, and Triakidae Example sentencesExamples - Also to be protected are various species of ‘deep sea sharks’ such as the leafscale gulper shark, the mouse catshark, velvet belly and birdbeak dogfish.
- Further work is needed to establish whether the homologous CCK and gastrin act as separate peptides in dogfish sharks.
- In particular, the isolation of separate bullfrog and dogfish shark gastrin- and CCKlike peptides suggests that gastrin evolved much earlier than originally hypothesized.
- Among the smallest shark species is the deepwater dogfish shark.
- Single forms were cloned from dogfish shark, greenland shark, both lamprey species, hagfish, and amphioxus.
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