ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantic spiny dogfish mean? 

• ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH (noun)
  The noun ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH has 1 sense:

1. destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes

  Familiarity information: ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH (noun)

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Meaning:

Destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias

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

spiny dogfish (small bottom-dwelling dogfishes)

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

genus Squalus; Squalus (spiny dogfishes)