smoothhound
[ smooth-hound ]
noun
a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
Origin of smoothhound
1- Also called smoothhound shark .
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How to use smoothhound in a sentence
There with club and spear dog-fish and smooth-hound would be done to death amid shouts and excitement.
The Long White Cloud | William Pember ReevesA northern name for the Squalus galeus, or smooth hound-fish.
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British Dictionary definitions for smooth hound
smooth hound
noun
any of several small sharks of the genus Mustelus, esp M. mustelus, a species of North Atlantic coastal regions: family Triakidae: See also dogfish (def. 3)
Origin of smooth hound
1C17: from hound (fish); so called because it has no dorsal spines
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