Home › Words › W › wolffishwolffish/ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ/wolffish · noun — any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).wolffish is pronounced /ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ/.EtymologyFrom wolf + fish.nounAny fish of the family Anarhichadidae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.seawolf 72% match — A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus. vs wolffish →anarhichadid 66% match — Any member of the Anarhichadidae. vs wolffish →goosefish 64% match — Any anglerfish of the family Lophiidae. vs wolffish →percophid 64% match — Any fish in the family Percophidae. vs wolffish →cheilodactylid 63% match — Any fish in the family Cheilodactylidae, the morwongs. vs wolffish →chirocentrid 62% match — Any fish in the family Chirocentridae; a wolf herring. vs wolffish →anoplopomatid 61% match — Any fish in the family Anoplopomatidae, the sablefish and skilfish. vs wolffish →whalefish 61% match — A whale. vs wolffish →