Monkfish

//ˈmʌŋk.fɪʃ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. countable, uncountable

    "I’ve had the good luck to cook monkfish on both sides of the Atlantic. The European monkfish is Lophius piscatorius, while our western Atlantic brand is Lophius americanus."

  2. 2
    sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do wordnet
  3. 3
    An angel shark, of the genus Squatina. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey wordnet
  5. 5
    A sea monk (“folkloric creature”). countable, uncountable

    "[The] monkfish is preceded by the “monstre Leonin” and followed by the “monstre marinen habit d'Evesque” (de Monstro Leonino and de pisce Episcopi habitu respectively). The creature represented in these works is a hybrid: his round and tonsured ..."

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  1. 6
    flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America wordnet

Etymology

From monk + fish.

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