资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The angel fish ({Squatina}).
(b) The angler ({Lophius}).
资料来源 : WordNet®
monkfish
n 1: flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of
North America
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}]
[also: {monkfishes} (pl)]