sea wolf
Marauding ocean predator
A sea wolf is a pirate or privateer—someone who preys on ships at sea as a wolf preys on land.
The term carries a romantic, literary quality: The old sea wolf had plundered merchant vessels for decades.
Sea wolf also names the gray wolf populations of coastal British Columbia that hunt marine prey along shorelines.
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- saltSodium chloride compound
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- high seasWaters beyond jurisdiction
piratically · fish · submarine · Jack London · orca · dolphin · Larsen · killer whale · Jolly Roger · schooner · U-boat · seal hunting · pack mentality · grampus · freebooter · marine predator · sailor · old salt
sea wolflandlubber
Non-seafaring person
highwayman · land pirate · road agent · cattle rustler · train robber
sea wolfcoast guard
Maritime safety and rescue service
naval officer · merchant sailor · navy captain · harbor master · lighthouse keeper