wolffish

See also: wolfish and wolf-fish

English

Alternative forms

• wolf-fish, wolf fish

Etymology

From wolf +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ/

Noun

wolffish (plural wolffishes or wolffish)

1. Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.

Derived terms

• Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
• Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
• northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)
• spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)

Translations

fish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狼魚／狼鱼 (lángyú)

• Czech: vlkouš (cs) m
• Dutch: zeewolf (nl) m
• Esperanto: lupfiŝo
• Faroese: steinbítur m
• Finnish: merikissa
• French: poisson loup m
• Galician: lorcho m
• German: Seewolf m
• Italian: pesce lupo m
• Latin: lupus (la) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: steinbit m

  Nynorsk: steinbit m

• Polish: zębacz m
• Russian: полоса́тая зуба́тка f (polosátaja zubátka), зуба́тка (ru) f (zubátka)
• Swedish: havskattfisk c
• Yiddish: וואָלף־פֿיש m (volf-fish)