Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monkfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zo["o]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["o]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monkfish
n 1: flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of North American
Atlantic waters
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}]
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