English Explanatory Dictionary

sea hound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dogfish (kind of shark).

Word forms

sea hound sea hounds seahound

Etymology

From sea + hound. Compare formally similar Dutch zeehond (“seal”), German Seehund (“seal”), which are alterations of earlier Dutch zaalhond (literally “seal-hound”) (<Middle Dutch saelhont, seelhont), earlier German Seelhund (literally “seal-hound”).

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