roussette

noun

rous·​sette

rüˈset

plural -s

: a small shark or dogfish of the genus Scyliorhinus

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from feminine of rousset reddish, from Old French

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

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