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WOLFFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: wolffishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Synonyms:

lancet fish; lancetfish; wolffish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wolffish" is a kind of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Holonyms ("wolffish" is a member of...):

Alepisaurus; genus Alepisaurus (slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

Synonyms:

catfish; wolf fish; wolffish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wolffish" is a kind of...):

blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)

Holonyms ("wolffish" is a member of...):

Anarhichas; genus Anarhichas (type genus of the Anarhichadidae)

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