wolf fish

Other forms: wolf fishes

Definitions of wolf fish
  1. noun
    large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
    synonyms: catfish, wolffish
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    type of:
    blennioid, blennioid fish
    elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
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