"wolffish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ/ Forms: wolffishes [plural], wolffish [plural]
Etymology: From wolf + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wolf|fish}} wolf + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|wolffish}} wolffish (plural wolffishes or wolffish)
  1. Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae. Categories (lifeform): Zoarcoid fish Synonyms: wolf-fish, wolf fish Derived forms: Atlantic wolffish (taxonomic: Anarhichas lupus), Bering wolffish (taxonomic: Anarhichas orientalis), northern wolffish (taxonomic: Anarhichas denticulatus), spotted wolffish (taxonomic: Anarhichas minor) Translations (fish): 狼魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 狼鱼 (lángyú) (Chinese Mandarin), vlkouš [masculine] (Czech), zeewolf [masculine] (Dutch), lupfiŝo (Esperanto), steinbítur [masculine] (Faroese), merikissa (Finnish), poisson loup [masculine] (French), lorcho [masculine] (Galician), Seewolf [masculine] (German), pesce lupo [masculine] (Italian), lupus [masculine] (Latin), steinbit [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), steinbit [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zębacz [masculine] (Polish), полоса́тая зуба́тка (polosátaja zubátka) [feminine] (Russian), зуба́тка (zubátka) [feminine] (Russian), havskattfisk [common-gender] (Swedish), וואָלף־פֿיש (volf-fish) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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