Meaning

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

    зуба́ткаzubátka

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

  3. (archaic)An elephant seal.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Anarhichas lupus:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: seawolves
Singularseawolf
Pluralseawolves

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
sea catAtlantic wolffishAtlantic catfishocean catfish

Word family

1 related words
Relatedseadog

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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