monkfish

  1. Noun.  Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus ''Lophius'', such as ''Lophius piscatorius'', of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
  2. Noun.  Angel sharks of the genus ''Squatina''.

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