Monkfish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The angel fish ({Squatina}).
     (b) The angler ({Lophius}), esp. the goosefishes {Lophius
         Americanus} in America and {Lophius piscatorius} in
         Europe, used for food. --[MW10]
         [1913 Webster +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Angler \An"gler\, n.
     1. One who angles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monkfish
       n 1: flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of
            North America
       2: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached
          for luring prey [syn: {goosefish}, {angler}, {anglerfish},
           {angler fish}, {lotte}, {allmouth}, {Lophius Americanus}]
       3: sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but
          that swim the way sharks do [syn: {angel shark}, {angelfish},
           {Squatina squatina}]
       [also: {monkfishes} (pl)]