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单词 dogfish
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Definition of dogfish in English:

dogfish

nounPlural 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:

dogfish

nounˈdôɡˌfiSHˈdɔɡˌfɪʃ
  • 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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