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spiny dogfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
spiny -dog-fish
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Phrases

Pacific spiny dogfish

Synonyms

spurdog mud shark piked dogfish

Questions

What does spiny dogfish mean?
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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