"monkfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monkfish [plural], monkfishes [plural]
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 Categories (lifeform): Anglerfish Translations (fish): 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)
    Sense id: en-monkfish-en-noun-gbwfV1P- Disambiguation of Anglerfish: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'fish': 100 0
  2. An angel shark, of the genus Squatina. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Anglerfish, Sharks Translations (shark): морски ангел (english: morski angel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 僧鲨 (Chinese Mandarin), merienkeli (Finnish), anglait [feminine] (Irish), bráthair [masculine] (Irish), angelote [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monkfish-en-noun-ccKt6BsK Disambiguation of Anglerfish: 48 52 Disambiguation of Sharks: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'shark': 0 100

Inflected forms

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