squalus acanthias

1. 1.

   destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes

   SynonymsAtlantic spiny dogfish

   Broaderspiny dogfish

   Part ofSqualus

Questions about squalus acanthias

What does squalus acanthias mean?

squalus acanthias means "destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes".

What is another word for squalus acanthias?

Close synonyms include Atlantic spiny dogfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squalus acanthias a common word?

squalus acanthias is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.