Definitions

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  • noun A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus.
  • noun Any of various dangerous people and animals that attack at sea.

Etymologies

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sea + wolf

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Examples

  • There is a class of submarines that was cancelled because of missing threats and high costs, the seawolf-class.

    Wonk Room » F-22 Killed By Seven-Meme Voltron 2009

  • Opponents of the third seawolf say it is unnecessary because Russia is no longer competitive.

    Wonders In The Deep 2008

  • He won fame in five campaigns against the corsairs of Morocco, fighting with such ferocity that he was called the Loup de Mer, the seawolf of France.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He won fame in five campaigns against the corsairs of Morocco, fighting with such ferocity that he was called the Loup de Mer, the seawolf of France.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • The ten-foot seawolf was almost on him, waddling with its head high and its open mouth stinking like a slaughteryard on a hot summer day.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • He fingered his calf where the seawolf had torn him; the twinge in the muscles was little more than he'd have expected from the day's normal labors.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • This was as much a shock as the seawolf hitting him from behind had been.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • The creature was a seawolf, one of a species of predatory lizards which had returned to the water.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • He'd had eyes only for the monstrously large seawolf in front of him.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

  • With no more hesitation than he would have showed if a seawolf came out of the surf to attack his flock, Cashel raised his right foot to the ship's rail and went over the side in a clean dive.

    Lord of the Isles 1997

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