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



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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