monkfish

Plural: monkfish, monkfishes

Noun

• A large, edible marine fish with a broad head.
• 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
• sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
• Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
• An angel shark, of the genus Squatina.
• A sea monk (“folkloric creature”).

Examples

• Catching MONKFISH in his rack, he hooked a decent score in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

allmouth, angel shark, angelfish, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, Squatina squatina