monkfish

monk·fish

M0389300 (mŭngk′fĭsh′)n. pl. monkfish or monk·fish·es See goosefish.

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[Perhaps from the cowled appearance of its head.]

monkfish

(ˈmʌŋkˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes1. (Animals) Also called (US): goosefish any of various anglers of the genus Lophius2. (Animals) another name for the angel shark

an•gler

(ˈæŋ glər)

n. 1. a person who fishes with a hook and line. 2. a person who tries to get something through scheming. 3. any of various large-mouthed marine fishes of the family Lophiidae, having a wormlike lure dangling from the head for attracting prey. [1545–55]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monkfish - flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North Americaangler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, allmouth, monkfish, angler - fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring preysaltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	monkfish - fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring preyangler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, allmouth, anglerfamily Lophiidae, Lophiidae - large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglersacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible raysmonkfish - flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
	3.	monkfish - sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks doangel shark, Squatina squatina, angelfishshark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scalesgenus Squatina, Squatina - type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

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