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Origin of smooth hound1
C17: from hound ( fish ); so called because it has no dorsal spines
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There with club and spear dog-fish and smooth-hound would be done to death amid shouts and excitement.
From Project Gutenberg
A northern name for the Squalus galeus, or smooth hound-fish.
From Project Gutenberg
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