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wolffish
wolf·fish W0201500 (wo͝olf′fĭsh′)n. Any of several northern marine fishes of the family Anarhichadidae, having a long tapering body and a large head with powerful teeth used to feed on mollusks.wolffish (ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any large northern deep-sea blennioid fish of the family Anarhichadidae, such as Anarhichas lupus. They have large sharp teeth and no pelvic fins and are used as food fishes. Also called: catfish ThesaurusNoun | 1. | wolffish - large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic finswolf fish, catfishblennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic finsAnarhichas, genus Anarhichas - type genus of the Anarhichadidae | | 2. | wolffish - large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a saillancet fish, lancetfishmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder MalacopterygiiAlepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus - slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes |
wolffish
wolffish: see blennyblenny, common name of various species of extremely numerous small fishes belonging to the suborders Blennioidei (blennies) and Notothenioidei (Antarctic blennies). They are characterized by elongated, tapering bodies and a continuous long dorsal fin. ..... Click the link for more information. .wolffish
Synonyms for wolffishnoun large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic finsSynonymsRelated Words- blennioid
- blennioid fish
- Anarhichas
- genus Anarhichas
noun large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sailSynonymsRelated Words- malacopterygian
- soft-finned fish
- Alepisaurus
- genus Alepisaurus
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