monkfishes

Meanings

Noun

• 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
• plural of monkfish

Synonyms

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