devil fishn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛvl fɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈdɛvəl ˌfɪʃ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, devil fishes.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: devil n., fish n.¹

Etymology: < devil n. + fish n.¹

1. Any of various anglerfishes of the genus Lophius, esp. the monkfish, Lophius piscatorius, and the goosefish, Lophius americanus.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > family Lophiidae > lophius piscatorius (angler)

frogfish1598

frog1601

sea-fisher1601

sea-frog1601

friar1603

toad-fish1612

catfish1620

sea-angler1653

devil fish1666

monkfish1666

nass-fish1666

angler1776

pocket-fish1796

kettle-mawa1798

wide-gab1807

anglerfish1854

round robin1880

dragon-

1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 186 Rana piscatrix, the Monk, Toad, Nass, or Devil fish.

1830 United Service Jrnl. Nov. 696 A scole of, or indeed a single, Devil fish (Lophius) when deep in the water, may appear like a shoal.

1867 Standard 10 June 6/7 Mr. Grove of Charing-cross..had just received an unusually fine specimen of the angler, or devil fish (Lophius piscatorius), said to have been caught near the mouth of the Thames.

1899 Practitioner Aug. 208 (caption) Vertical section through the freshly enucleated frozen eye of a devil-fish.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 2/2 Laid out carefully before them were several sorts of grotesque creatures, devil-fish, monks, and so forth.

1941 E. Carr Klee Wyck 23 We ate some of the devilfish for supper.

1991 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 15 May d1/6 Monkfish:..Its other names—devilfish and angler fish—describe its appearance, which is pretty horrifying.

2011 S. Boulton Guernsey (Insight Guides) 81/2 Rock pools are a haven for crabs, crayfish, shrimp and devil fish.

2. Any of the large rays of the genera Manta and Mobula (family Myliobatidae), having prominent cephalic fins or lobes on either side of the mouth which are thought to resemble horns, esp. Mobula mobular and Manta birostris.Also called devil ray.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Dasyatidae (sting-ray)

sting ray1624

sea-devil1634

fiery-flaw1684

fire-flaw1684

whip-ray1699

fire-flaira1705

devil fish1737

trygon1749

stingaree1838

sephen1854

sting-tail1872

fiery-flare1889

1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 224 The Devil-Fish, so called, from the large pair of Horns it has upon its Head.

1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 124 It was, with the greatest propriety, stiled a devil-fish... It had two very large black wings, which were kept constantly waving, and frequently it discovered its belly which was as white as snow.

1835 R. Owen Descr. Catal. Compar. Anat. III. i. 148 A section of the eye with the eye-stalk of the Devil-fish (Cephaloptera Giorna).

1867 Chronicle 5 Oct. 669 The Devil Fish..This giant of the Cephaloptera is simply a monstrous Ray; and though Sea-Devil and Vampire are assigned to it as trivial names, it..is in no way formidable save from its enormous strength and bulk.

1893 Port Royal & its Harbour 54 Harpooning the devil fish or gigantic ray is done from a whale boat with an ordinary harpoon and line.

1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes iv. 56 The Devil Fishes of the Florida coast..may measure over twenty feet in expanse and attain a weight of 1,250 pounds.

1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse xii. 165 A gigantic eagle-ray or devil-fish, leaped silently out of the water, with its wings spread wide.

1988 G. Goodson Fishes Pacific Coast 234 (caption) Devil fishes..are now known to be gentle surface feeders preying on nothing larger than zooplankton and small fishes.

2004 N.Y. Times 31 Oct. tr7/4 These ‘devil fish’ may have seemed terrifying then, but these days, the opportunity to swim with manta rays lures divers to Tobago.

3. The grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus.

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1855 Boston Daily Advertiser 8 June 1/3 At Cape St Lucas Apl 6, Tenedos, NL, 150 bbls devil fish oil.

1887 Science 1 Apr. 323/1 The California gray whale, or devil fish (Rachianectes glaucus), is found only in the North Pacific.

1916 R. C. Andrews Whale Hunting with Gun & Camera xvi. 197 When one of the orcas appears the devilfish become terrified and either wildly dash for shore or turn belly up at the surface.

1940 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 34 110 ‘Grey whale’ means any whale known by the name of grey whale, California grey, devil fish, hard head, mussel digger, grey back, rip sack.

1998 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 Oct. a16 The rifle is necessary because if the Indians used old killing technologies entirely, large numbers of them would be killed or injured pursuing what European whalers called ‘devil fish’.

2009 M. Cioc Game of Conservation 112 The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is nicknamed the ‘devil fish’ because females with young have been known to ram ships when harassed or harpooned.

4. Any of various piranhas, esp. Pygocentrus piraya and P. nattereri.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Characoidei > member of family Serrasalmidae (piranha)

perai1769

caribe1820

devil fish1860

piranha1869

serrasalmonoid1880

1860 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 461 The same carnivorous instincts are likewise attributed to the devil-fish, or piranha, so common in the Rio San Francisco.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 214 The Piranha or Devil-fish discovered by M. de Castelnau in Uruguay..When any object is thrown into the water inhabited by the Piranhas, these fish immediately attack it.

1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. xxii. 322 The lively splashing of Piranha, the ‘devil-fish’, and the muffled growl of the stream.

1922 St. Nicholas Aug. 1091/1 I'll poke a stick around in this pool to drive out any devil-fish that may be hidin' here.

1966 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 22 Dec. c4/7 A joint government-business committee begins negotiations early next year in hopes of resolving the dispute over importation of the piranha, South America's deadly devil fish.

2002 Weekly World News 15 Jan. 58/1 Cops have no idea how the flesh-ripping devil fish, native to South America, found their way into the popular Run the Wild River ride.

5. A giant squid, large octopus, or other cephalopod mollusc.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > member of

polypus?1527

pourcuttle1585

preke1611

sea spider1858

devil fish1866

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Teuthidae > member of (squid)

calamary1567

sea-cat1601

sleeve1611

sleeve-fish1611

squid1613

calaminary1620

sea-clerk1623

sotong1833

pen-fish1835

sea-arrow1851

devil fish1866

sea-sleeve1867

oegopsid1890

chokka1902

1866 V. Hugo Travailleurs de la mer III. 88 Les matelots anglais l'appellent Devil-fish, le Poisson-Diable. [‘The English sailors call it devil-fish.’]

1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 162 [The squid] was found..to fully justify its popular name of devil fish.

1895 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 20 June 1/3 (headline) Devil fish on view. Booth & Co. exhibit a strange sea monster.

1903 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 18 179 Stomach was full of the chewed-up arms of an octopus or devil-fish.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xiii. 202 Cephalopoda, squids, devilfish, and octopuses, whose head and eyes are large and possess a foot modified into 8 or 10 tentacles.

1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau ii. 46 This bloody tinge drew the attention of a giant octopus, or ‘devilfish’, who lived in the deep.

2014 Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 3 July The giant squid—Architeuthis by genus, once called the kraken or devil-fish—maintains the dual status of being both mythical and actual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	devil fish
释义	devil fishn. Brit. /ˈdɛvl fɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdɛvəl ˌfɪʃ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, devil fishes. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: devil n., fish n.¹ Etymology: < devil n. + fish n.¹ 1. Any of various anglerfishes of the genus Lophius, esp. the monkfish, Lophius piscatorius, and the goosefish, Lophius americanus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > family Lophiidae > lophius piscatorius (angler) frogfish1598 frog1601 sea-fisher1601 sea-frog1601 friar1603 toad-fish1612 catfish1620 sea-angler1653 devil fish1666 monkfish1666 nass-fish1666 angler1776 pocket-fish1796 kettle-mawa1798 wide-gab1807 anglerfish1854 round robin1880 dragon- 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 186 Rana piscatrix, the Monk, Toad, Nass, or Devil fish. 1830 United Service Jrnl. Nov. 696 A scole of, or indeed a single, Devil fish (Lophius) when deep in the water, may appear like a shoal. 1867 Standard 10 June 6/7 Mr. Grove of Charing-cross..had just received an unusually fine specimen of the angler, or devil fish (Lophius piscatorius), said to have been caught near the mouth of the Thames. 1899 Practitioner Aug. 208 (caption) Vertical section through the freshly enucleated frozen eye of a devil-fish. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 2/2 Laid out carefully before them were several sorts of grotesque creatures, devil-fish, monks, and so forth. 1941 E. Carr Klee Wyck 23 We ate some of the devilfish for supper. 1991 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 15 May d1/6 Monkfish:..Its other names—devilfish and angler fish—describe its appearance, which is pretty horrifying. 2011 S. Boulton Guernsey (Insight Guides) 81/2 Rock pools are a haven for crabs, crayfish, shrimp and devil fish. 2. Any of the large rays of the genera Manta and Mobula (family Myliobatidae), having prominent cephalic fins or lobes on either side of the mouth which are thought to resemble horns, esp. Mobula mobular and Manta birostris.Also called devil ray. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Dasyatidae (sting-ray) sting ray1624 sea-devil1634 fiery-flaw1684 fire-flaw1684 whip-ray1699 fire-flaira1705 devil fish1737 trygon1749 stingaree1838 sephen1854 sting-tail1872 fiery-flare1889 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 224 The Devil-Fish, so called, from the large pair of Horns it has upon its Head. 1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 124 It was, with the greatest propriety, stiled a devil-fish... It had two very large black wings, which were kept constantly waving, and frequently it discovered its belly which was as white as snow. 1835 R. Owen Descr. Catal. Compar. Anat. III. i. 148 A section of the eye with the eye-stalk of the Devil-fish (Cephaloptera Giorna). 1867 Chronicle 5 Oct. 669 The Devil Fish..This giant of the Cephaloptera is simply a monstrous Ray; and though Sea-Devil and Vampire are assigned to it as trivial names, it..is in no way formidable save from its enormous strength and bulk. 1893 Port Royal & its Harbour 54 Harpooning the devil fish or gigantic ray is done from a whale boat with an ordinary harpoon and line. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes iv. 56 The Devil Fishes of the Florida coast..may measure over twenty feet in expanse and attain a weight of 1,250 pounds. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse xii. 165 A gigantic eagle-ray or devil-fish, leaped silently out of the water, with its wings spread wide. 1988 G. Goodson Fishes Pacific Coast 234 (caption) Devil fishes..are now known to be gentle surface feeders preying on nothing larger than zooplankton and small fishes. 2004 N.Y. Times 31 Oct. tr7/4 These ‘devil fish’ may have seemed terrifying then, but these days, the opportunity to swim with manta rays lures divers to Tobago. 3. The grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus. ΚΠ 1855 Boston Daily Advertiser 8 June 1/3 At Cape St Lucas Apl 6, Tenedos, NL, 150 bbls devil fish oil. 1887 Science 1 Apr. 323/1 The California gray whale, or devil fish (Rachianectes glaucus), is found only in the North Pacific. 1916 R. C. Andrews Whale Hunting with Gun & Camera xvi. 197 When one of the orcas appears the devilfish become terrified and either wildly dash for shore or turn belly up at the surface. 1940 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 34 110 ‘Grey whale’ means any whale known by the name of grey whale, California grey, devil fish, hard head, mussel digger, grey back, rip sack. 1998 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 Oct. a16 The rifle is necessary because if the Indians used old killing technologies entirely, large numbers of them would be killed or injured pursuing what European whalers called ‘devil fish’. 2009 M. Cioc Game of Conservation 112 The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is nicknamed the ‘devil fish’ because females with young have been known to ram ships when harassed or harpooned. 4. Any of various piranhas, esp. Pygocentrus piraya and P. nattereri. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Characoidei > member of family Serrasalmidae (piranha) perai1769 caribe1820 devil fish1860 piranha1869 serrasalmonoid1880 1860 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 461 The same carnivorous instincts are likewise attributed to the devil-fish, or piranha, so common in the Rio San Francisco. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 214 The Piranha or Devil-fish discovered by M. de Castelnau in Uruguay..When any object is thrown into the water inhabited by the Piranhas, these fish immediately attack it. 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. xxii. 322 The lively splashing of Piranha, the ‘devil-fish’, and the muffled growl of the stream. 1922 St. Nicholas Aug. 1091/1 I'll poke a stick around in this pool to drive out any devil-fish that may be hidin' here. 1966 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 22 Dec. c4/7 A joint government-business committee begins negotiations early next year in hopes of resolving the dispute over importation of the piranha, South America's deadly devil fish. 2002 Weekly World News 15 Jan. 58/1 Cops have no idea how the flesh-ripping devil fish, native to South America, found their way into the popular Run the Wild River ride. 5. A giant squid, large octopus, or other cephalopod mollusc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > member of polypus?1527 pourcuttle1585 preke1611 sea spider1858 devil fish1866 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Teuthidae > member of (squid) calamary1567 sea-cat1601 sleeve1611 sleeve-fish1611 squid1613 calaminary1620 sea-clerk1623 sotong1833 pen-fish1835 sea-arrow1851 devil fish1866 sea-sleeve1867 oegopsid1890 chokka1902 1866 V. Hugo Travailleurs de la mer III. 88 Les matelots anglais l'appellent Devil-fish, le Poisson-Diable. [‘The English sailors call it devil-fish.’] 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 162 [The squid] was found..to fully justify its popular name of devil fish. 1895 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 20 June 1/3 (headline) Devil fish on view. Booth & Co. exhibit a strange sea monster. 1903 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 18 179 Stomach was full of the chewed-up arms of an octopus or devil-fish. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xiii. 202 Cephalopoda, squids, devilfish, and octopuses, whose head and eyes are large and possess a foot modified into 8 or 10 tentacles. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau ii. 46 This bloody tinge drew the attention of a giant octopus, or ‘devilfish’, who lived in the deep. 2014 Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 3 July The giant squid—Architeuthis by genus, once called the kraken or devil-fish—maintains the dual status of being both mythical and actual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1666
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