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Houndfish vs Houndish - What's the difference?

houndfish | houndish |

As a noun houndfish

is tylosurus crocodilus'', a large gamefish of the family ''belonidae .

As an adjective houndish is

like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.

houndfish

English

Noun

(wikipedia houndfish) (en-noun)
  • Tylosurus crocodilus'', a large gamefish of the family ''Belonidae .

    • Synonyms

    * crocodile needlefish

    houndish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.
  • *1897 , Richard Wagner, Religion and art :
    • This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound."
  • *1994 , Jack Lovejoy, Outworld Cats :
    • [...] houndish face was anything but memorable, yet Verna felt certain she had seen it somewhere before. "Delfred! Delfred! Delfred! Woof! Woof! Woof!" continued the chant outside the garden wall.
  • *2008 , Jeffrey Overstreet, Cyndere's Midnight :
    • Long strings of yellow dangled from Jorn's houndish snout, and his eyes were red.
  • *2010 , Gregory Maguire, Mirror Mirror :
    • Lucrezia laughed, a houndish laugh, almost a baying.

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