seawolf

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus.

2. 2

   An elephant seal.

3. 3

   Any of various dangerous people and animals that attack at sea.

   • The seawolf twisted onto itself, its jaws clopping together near its own tail.
   • Benjamin stood, gasping for breath and looking down at the dead corsair. "You were a worthy foe, seawolf," he murmured regretfully.
   • 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.

The neighborhood

• synonymAtlantic wolffish
• synonymAtlantic catfish
• synonymocean catfish
• synonymsea cat
• neighborseadog