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wolf·fish

(wo͝olf′fĭsh′)

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.

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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

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Noun	1.	wolffish - large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins wolf fish, catfish blennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins Anarhichas, 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 sail lancet fish, lancetfish malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii Alepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus - slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes

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