[After L. lupus (see WOLF sb. 3 b). Cf. G. wolfsfisch.] A large and voracious sea-fish, Anarrhichas lupus, having numerous sharp teeth and edible flesh; also called sea-wolf. Also applied to other fishes of the same genus.
1569. Blague, Sch. Conceytes, 153. Of the Cockatrice and Seawolf…. The Wolf fishe marking him well … sayde [etc.].
1605. R. F., Dedekind’s Sch. Slovenrie (1904), 77.
| As for the Wolfe-fish, gluttons hold the taile to be the best, | |
| But of the buble-fish the head is sweeter then the rest. |
1774. Phil. Trans., LXIV. 315. The mouth of the wolf-fish is almost paved with teeth.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus, 64. In Torbay … where no wolf-fish (Anarrhicus lupus) or other shell-crushing pairs of jaws wander.
