wolffish

wolf·fish  (wlffsh)

n.

Any of several northern marine fishes of the genus Anarhichas, having sharp powerful teeth and a voracious appetite.

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wolffish [ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

Thesaurus

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