Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dogfish

2 senses of dogfish

Sense 1
bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva -- (primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America)
       => ganoid, ganoid fish -- (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)

Sense 2
dogfish -- (any of several small sharks)
       => shark -- (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)