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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOUND'FISH, n. A fish, called also Galeus laevis, with a long round body, and ash-colored sides and back.
A species of shark, the Squalus mustelus.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Houndfish Hound"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is S. catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.