'Houndfish' definitions:
Definition of 'Houndfish'
From: GCIDE
- Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({Galeus canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar. [1913 Webster]