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wolf-eel

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[woolf-eel] / ˈwʊlfˌil /

noun

  1. a large, eellike fish, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.

Etymology

Origin of wolf-eel

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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