seawolf

See also: sea wolf

English

Etymology

From Middle English sēwolf, from Old English *sǣwulf, equivalent to sea +‎ wolf.

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, 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, 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, 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

Translations

Anarhichas lupus

• Albanian: labrik
• Faroese: steinbítur m
• Finnish: merikissa, kissakala (fi)
• Polish: zębacz m
• Russian: зуба́тка (ru) f (zubátka)
• Swedish: havskatt (sv) c

See also

• seadog

Anagrams

• seafowl