'Squalus acanthias' definitions:
Definition of 'Squalus acanthias'
(from WordNet)
noun
Destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes [syn: Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias]
Definition of 'Squalus acanthias'
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]