grayfish

grayfish
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : pollack; especially : a young pollack
2. : dogfish — used especially as a market name

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/gray"fish'/, n., pl. grayfishes, (esp. collectively) grayfish.
a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, esp. the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
[1785-95; GRAY1 + FISH]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • grayfish — noun Date: 1917 dogfish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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