Dogfish vs. Shark

Dogfishnoun

Any of various small sharks

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especially those from the family Squalidae

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a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae

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a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae

Dogfishnoun

(UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris

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(Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula

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(Canada) Squalus suckleyi

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(Bermuda) Mustelus canis

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(Barbados) Bodianus rufus

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(Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis

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Ginglymostoma cirratum

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(Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii

Dogfishnoun

(US) The bowfin, Amia calva.

Dogfishnoun

A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

Dogfishnoun

The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

Dogfishnoun

The burbot of Lake Erie.

Dogfishnoun

primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

Dogfishnoun

any of several small sharks

Dogfishnoun

a small sand-coloured bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts.

Dogfishnoun

a small shark that resembles or is related to the dogfish, sometimes caught for food.

Sharknoun

A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

Sharknoun

Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

Sharknoun

A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.

Sharknoun

(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

Sharknoun

(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).

Sharknoun

A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

Sharkverb

(rare) To fish for sharks.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

Sharkverb

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Sharknoun

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

Sharknoun

A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

Sharknoun

Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.

Sharkverb

To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Sharkverb

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Sharknoun

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

Sharknoun

a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

Sharknoun

a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways;

Sharkverb

play the shark; act with trickery

Sharkverb

hunt shark

Shark

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.