monkfish

noun

The angel-fish, Squatina angelus.

noun

The angler, Lophius piscatorius.

noun

The angel fish (Squatina).

noun

The angler (Lophius), esp. the goosefishes Lophius Americanus in America and Lophius piscatorius in Europe, used for food.

noun

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

noun

Angel sharks of the genus Squatina.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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