MONKFISH
goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
(noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
monkfish
(noun) flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
monkfish (countable and uncountable, plural monkfish or monkfishes)
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
Angel sharks of the genus Squatina.
Source: Wiktionary
Monk"fish, n. (Zoöl.)
(a) The angel fish (Squatina).
(b) The angler (Lophius).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition