Sēa'-wolf, n.

n. 1. (Ichth.) A fish of the genus Anarrhicas (A. lupus), found in northern seas, about Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Scotland, England, &c., and so named from its fierceness and ravenousness. It grows sometimes to the length of four, and even seven feet, and feeds on crustaceous animals and shell-fish, as well as on common fish. Partington. 2. (Zoöl.) A species of seal; the sea-elephant. See SEA-ELEPHANT. Jardine.