houndfish

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hound=fish

CIDE DICTIONARY

houndfish, n. 

 Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.  [1913 Webster]
" The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar."  [1913 Webster]