Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the color. See Russet.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.]

(Zo["o]l.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)