sea hound
English
Alternative forms
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”).
Noun
sea hound (plural sea hounds)
- A dogfish (kind of shark).