Definition of Monkfish in English :

Define Monkfish in English

Monkfish meaning in English

Meaning of Monkfish in English

Pronunciation of Monkfish in English

Monkfish pronunciation in English

Pronounce Monkfish in English

Monkfish

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Noun

1. monkfish

flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America

2. allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lophius americanus, lotte, monkfish

fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

3. angel shark, angelfish, monkfish, squatina squatina

sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

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Monkfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
1. Also called (US): goosefish
any of various anglers of the genus Lophius
2.  another name for the angel shark

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Monkfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈmonkˌfish or ˈmonkˌfishes
any of certain species of angler (sense 3), esp. when used as food

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Monkfish

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n. pl. monkfish or monk·fish·es

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