sea hound

English

Alternative forms

• 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”).

Noun

sea hound (plural sea hounds)

1. A dogfish (kind of shark).

Anagrams

• Donahues, Shenouda