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wolf⋅fish

[woolf-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. any large fish of the genus Anarhichas, as A. lupus of the northern Atlantic, allied to the blenny and noted for its ferocious appearance and habits.
2. lancetfish.

Origin:
1560–70; wolf + fish
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wolf fish

noun
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins [syn: wolffish
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