Definition of monkfish Monkfish
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What does monkfish mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: monkfishes |
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| monkfish - flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America | ||
| saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food | ||
| monkfish - fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | ||
| goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus | ||
| acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
| family lophiidae, lophiidae large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers | ||
| monkfish - sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | ||
| angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina | ||
| shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | ||
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Wiktionary 
- monkfish (Noun)
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius , of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. - monkfish (Noun)
angel Angel sharks of the genus.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- monkfish (n.)
The angel fish (Squatina). - monkfish (n.)
The angler (Lophius).
