'Scyllium canicula' definitions:
Definition of 'Scyllium canicula'
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]
Definition of 'Scyllium canicula'
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]