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skittle-dog

skittle-dog noun: the spiny dogfish.

Noun

skittle-dog (plural skittle-dogs)

  1. (dated, dialectal) The spiny dogfish.

Forms of skittle-dog

pluralskittle-dogs

Questions about skittle-dog

What does skittle-dog mean?
Skittle-dog means the spiny dogfish.
What part of speech is skittle-dog?
Skittle-dog is a noun.
What is the plural of skittle-dog?
The plural of skittle-dog is skittle-dogs.

Words near skittle-dog in the dictionary

  1. skittishness
  2. skittle
  3. skittle alley
  4. skittle alleys
  5. skittle out
  6. skittle-dog
  7. skittle-dogs
  8. skittleball
  9. skittleballs
  10. skittled
  11. skittled out

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