sea wolf

Questions about sea wolf

What does sea wolf mean?

sea wolf means "predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas".

What is another word for sea wolf?

Close synonyms include killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, Orcinus orca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sea wolf a common word?

sea wolf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.