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Meanings of wolffish in English

Catalan
barb caní

Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.

        barb caní
        Spanish
        alepisauridae

        Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.

              alepisauridae
              Synonyms
              Examples for "catfish"
              Examples for "catfish"
              1
              The trust had already done work trapping and controlling catfish, she said.
              Radio NZ
              2
              I know about catfish and I don't believe a word of it.
              How the soldier repairs the gramophone
              3
              Besides, I doubt if there are any catfish in those Montana rivers.
              A Winter Haunting
              4
              Grandpa skinned the catfish, and Don scraped the scales from the perch.
              A Hive of Busy Bees
              5
              I kept thinking about him as I cleaned the catfish for breakfast.
              River girl
              1
              A fearsome wolf fish was attracting more interest in Dingle's Ocean World this weekend than the nearby shark tank, writes Anne Lucey.
              The Irish Times
              Translations for wolffish
              Catalan
              barb caní