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wolffish

Definitions of wolffish
  1. noun
    large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
    synonyms: catfish, wolf fish
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    type of:
    blennioid, blennioid fish
    elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
  2. noun
    large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
    synonyms: lancet fish, lancetfish
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    type of:
    malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
    any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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