Defn: One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
DOGFISH
Dog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
DOG-FOX Dog"-fox`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n.,
6. Sir W. Scott. (b) The Arctic or blue fox; — a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.
DOGGED
Dog"ged, a. Etym: [Fron. Dog.]
1. Sullen; morose. [Obs. or R.] The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. Sir W. Scott.