'Mustelus canis' definitions:
Definition of 'Mustelus canis'
From: WordNet
noun
Found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas [syn: American smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis]
Definition of 'Mustelus canis'
From: GCIDE
- Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
- 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The burbot of Lake Erie. [1913 Webster]