spiny dogfish

noun

Squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes

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spurdogmud sharkpiked dogfish
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Meanings

nounspiny 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSqualus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes

Similar
spurdogmud sharkpiked dogfish
Also see
mud sharkspurdog

Translations

Ancient Greek ἀκανθίας
  • ἀκανθίας (akanthías)Squalus acanthias
Bulgarian черноморска бодлива акула
  • черноморска бодлива акула (černomorska bodliva akula)Squalus acanthias
Catalan agullat
  • agullatSqualus acanthias
Danish pighaj
  • pighajSqualus acanthias
Dutch doornhaai
  • doornhaaiSqualus acanthias
Finnish piikkihai
  • piikkihaiSqualus acanthias
French aiguillat commun, aiguillat tacheté
  • aiguillat communSqualus acanthias
  • aiguillat tachetéSqualus acanthias
German Dornhai
  • DornhaiSqualus acanthias
Irish fíogach gobach
  • fíogach gobachSqualus acanthias
Italian spinarolo
  • spinaroloSqualus acanthias
Korean 곱상어
  • 곱상어 (gopsang'eo)Squalus acanthias
Norwegian Bokmål pigghå
  • pigghåSqualus acanthias
Polish koleń pospolity
  • koleń pospolitySqualus acanthias
Russian колю́чая аку́ла, катра́н
  • колю́чая аку́ла (koljúčaja akúla)Squalus acanthias
  • катра́н (katrán)Squalus acanthias
  • ного́тница (nogótnica)Squalus acanthias
Spanish mielga, galludo
  • mielgaSqualus acanthias
  • galludoSqualus acanthias
  • tollo de cachoSqualus acanthias
Swedish pigghaj, hå
  • pigghajSqualus acanthias
  • håSqualus acanthias
Cite this entry
APA

spiny dogfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiny%20dogfish

MLA

“spiny dogfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiny%20dogfish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiny dogfish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiny%20dogfish.

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