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Definition of monkfish

Monkfish
Monkfish Monk"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The angel fish (Squatina). (b) The angler (Lophius).
monkfish
Angler An"gler, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Meaning of monkfish from wikipedia

- Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found...
- Look up monkfish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The monkfish is a name for fishes of the anglerfish genus Lophius. Monkfish may also refer to: Inspector...
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- The Celebes monkfish (Sladenia remiger) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lophiidae, the goose fishes, monkfishes or anglers...
- Squatina squatina, the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread...
- The sea monk (also monk-fish or monkfish) was a sea creature found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546. It was described as a...
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