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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