Monkfish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See goosefish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
  • n. Angel sharks of the genus Squatina.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The angel fish (Squatina).
  • n. The angler (Lophius), esp. the goosefishes Lophius Americanus in America and Lophius piscatorius in Europe, used for food.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The angel-fish, Squatina angelus.
  • n. The angler, Lophius piscatorius.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
  • n. sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
  • n. flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acanthopterygian    spiny-finned fish    shark    saltwater fish   
    Variant
    monkfishes   
     
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