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Houndfish [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A fish, called also Galeus laevis, with a long round body, and ash-colored sides and back.

2. A species of shark, the Squalus mustelus.

Houndfish [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.