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spiny dogfish

spiny dogfish noun: squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes.

spiny dogfish: squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae...
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Noun

spiny dogfish (plural spiny dogfish)

  1. Squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes
    • Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    spurdog, mud shark, piked dogfish

spiny dogfish meaning in Tamil

spiny dogfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of spiny dogfish

Forms of spiny dogfish

pluralspiny dogfish

Words formed from spiny dogfish

Questions about spiny dogfish

What does spiny dogfish mean?
Spiny dogfish means squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes.
What is spiny dogfish in Tamil?
Spiny dogfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Spiny dogfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spiny dogfish?
Spiny dogfish is a noun.
What is the plural of spiny dogfish?
The plural of spiny dogfish is spiny dogfish.

Words near spiny dogfish in the dictionary

  1. spiny bear's breech
  2. spiny broom
  3. spiny cocklebur
  4. spiny cockleburs
  5. spiny coriander
  6. spiny dogfish
  7. spiny eel
  8. spiny eels
  9. spiny hopsage
  10. spiny lizard
  11. spiny lizards

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