English

Noun

seawolf ‎(plural seawolves)

1. A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus.
2. Any of various dangerous people and animals that attack at sea.
   • 1998, David Drake, Lord of the Isles, Macmillan, ISBN 0812522400, page 37:

     The seawolf twisted onto itself, its jaws clopping together near its own tail.

   • 1992, Shirl Henke, Return to Paradise, Leisure Books (Mm), ISBN 0843932635, page 408:

     Benjamin stood, gasping for breath and looking down at the dead corsair. "You were a worthy foe, seawolf," he murmured regretfully.

   • 1978, Peter Pinney, Estelle Runcie, Too many spears, Angus & Robertson, ISBN 0207135878, page 60:

     Kebisu was regarded as a ferocious and cunning seawolf, who had raised his diminutive island to the state of marine fortress without so much as erecting a brush stockade; he had no fixed defences.

Synonyms

• Atlantic wolffish, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, sea cat

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• seafowl