monkfish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: monkfish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for monkfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monkfish n flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey Synonym(s): goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do Synonym(s): angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina, monkfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The angel fish ({Squatina}). (b) The angler ({Lophius}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo[94]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.