dogfish

English Thesaurus

1. any of several small sharks (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	shark,
definition	:	any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	smooth dogfish,
definition	:	small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	spiny dogfish,
definition	:	small bottom-dwelling dogfishes (noun.animal)

2. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	ganoid, ganoid fish,
definition	:	primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	amia, genus amia,
definition	:	type genus of the Amiidae (noun.animal)