Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Wolf fish   /wʊlf fɪʃ/   Listen
Wolf fish

noun
1.
Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.  Synonyms: catfish, wolffish.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Wolf fish" Quotes from Famous Books



... remarkable for the rapidity with which they change colour when they are withdrawn from the water; the sturgeons, with their lancet spine; and the sea garters. The next two cases include the remaining specimens of the spiny-finned fish. Among these are the wolf fish; the curiously formed tobacco-pipe fish; the big-headed dolphins or anglers; the hand fish, with its long fins; and ...
— How to See the British Museum in Four Visits • W. Blanchard Jerrold



Copyright © 2025 Dictionary One.com