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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
2. 2
   large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail wordnet
3. 3
   large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

catfishlancet fishlancetfishlancetfishwolf fish

Example

More examples

"The wolffish can't actually bite into stone."

Etymology

From wolf + fish.

Related phrases

Atlantic wolffishBering wolffishnorthern wolffishspotted wolffish

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