"monkfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monkfish.wav Forms: monkfish [plural], monkfishes [plural]
Etymology: From monk + fish. Etymology templates: {{af|en|monk|fish}} monk + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|~|monkfish|+}} monkfish (countable and uncountable, plural monkfish or monkfishes)
  1. Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. An angel shark, of the genus Squatina. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (shark): морски ангел (english: morski angel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 僧鲨 (Chinese Mandarin), merienkeli (Finnish), anglait [feminine] (Irish), bráthair [masculine] (Irish), raszpla [feminine] (Polish), raszpla zwyczajna [feminine] (Polish), anioł morski [masculine] (Polish), skwat [masculine] (Polish), angelote [masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. A sea monk (“folkloric creature”). Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fish): pixín (Asturian), pezapu (Asturian), риба-въдичар (riba-vǎdičar) (Bulgarian), морски дявол (morski djavol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rap [masculine] (Catalan), merikrotti (Finnish), lotte [feminine] (French), baudroie [feminine] (French), peixe sapo [masculine] (Galician), rabada [feminine] (Galician), Seeteufel [masculine] (German), Meeresteufel [masculine] (German), ördöghal (Hungarian), láimhíneach [masculine] (Irish), coda di rospo [feminine] (Italian), 아귀 (agwi) (Korean), kourepoua (Maori), moamoa (Maori), mouaine [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), żabnica [feminine] (Polish), tamboril [masculine] (Portuguese), грдобина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), grdobina [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rape [masculine] (Spanish), marulk (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'fish': 0 0 0

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      "sense": "shark",
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