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long, subcylindrical in front, compressed in the caudal portion, smooth and slippery, the rudimentary scales being embedded and almost hidden in the skin. An even dorsal fin extends the whole length of the back, and a similar fin from the vent to the caudal fin, as in blennies. The pectorals are large and rounded, the pelvic fins entirely absent. Its dentition distinguishes the sea-wolf from all the other members of the family. Both jaws are armed in front with strong conical See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, and on the sides with two See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of large tubercular molars, a biserial See also:

BAND

band of similar molars occupying the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the See also:

PALATE (Lat. palatum, possibly from the root of pascere, to feed)

palate. By these teeth the sea-wolf is able to crush the hard carapaces or shells of the crustaceans and molluscs on which it feeds; that it uses Sea-wolf. occur in the corresponding latitudes of the See also:

North Pacific. They attain to a length exceeding 6 ft., and in the north are esteemed as See also:

food, both fresh and preserved. The oil extracted from the See also:

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver is said to be in quality equal to the best See also:

cod-liver oil. To the fishermen of the North Sea this fish is generally known as the cat-fish, and for some years past See also:

numbers of this See also:

SPECIES

species have been marketed.

As it would be impossible to sell the fish in its natural See also:

state on See also:

account of its forbidding See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, it is skinned and beheaded, and the flesh retailed under the name of See also:

rock-See also:

salmon.

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