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WOLF FISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wolf fish mean?
• WOLF FISH (noun)
The noun WOLF FISH has 1 sense:
1. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
Familiarity information: WOLF FISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("wolf fish" is a kind of...):
blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)
Holonyms ("wolf fish" is a member of...):
Anarhichas; genus Anarhichas (type genus of the Anarhichadidae)
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