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dogfish

Any of several small sharks found in the northeast Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean.

The spiny dogfish Squalus acanthius of the Pacific and Atlantic grows to about 1.2 m/4 ft long. It is a common subject for dissection in biology laboratories.

Squalamine, a compound isolated from dogfish 1993 was found to be effective against a broad range of bacteria and some viruses following animal tests 1994–95. It disables infected cells by altering the pH and increasing acidity.



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She has twelve mis-shapen feet, and six necks of the most prodigious length; and at the end of each neck she has a frightful head with three rows of teeth in each, all set very close together, so that they would crunch any one to death in a moment, and she sits deep within her shady cell thrusting out her heads and peering all round the rock, fishing for dolphins or dogfish or any larger monster that she can catch, of the thousands with which Amphitrite teems.
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