noun
small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts
• Hypernyms: ↑dogfish
• Hyponyms:
↑smoothhound, ↑smoothhound shark, ↑Mustelus mustelus, ↑American smooth dogfish, ↑Mustelus canis, ↑Florida smoothhound, ↑Mustelus norrisi, ↑whitetip shark, ↑reef whitetip shark, ↑Triaenodon obseus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Triakidae, ↑family Triakidae
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noun also smooth dog : any of various dogfishes that lack spines in front of the dorsal fins — see smooth hound; compare spiny dogfish
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any of several requiem sharks having no spines in front of the dorsal fin, esp. Mustelus canis, ranging along the American coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
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smooth dogfish,
a small shark of the Atlantic Ocean.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.