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SPINY DOGFISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small bottom-dwelling dogfishesplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spiny dogfish" is a kind of...):

dogfish (any of several small sharks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spiny dogfish"):

Atlantic spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias (destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes)

Pacific spiny dogfish; Squalus suckleyi (dogfish of Pacific coast of North America)

Holonyms ("spiny dogfish" is a member of...):

family Squalidae; Squalidae (dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin)

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