lophius americanus

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lophius americanus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The angel fish (Squatina).
     (b) The angler (Lophius), esp. the goosefishes Lophius   Americanus
          in America and Lophius piscatorius in
         Europe, used for food. --[MW10]
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

lophius americanus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lophius Americanus
      n 1: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament
           attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler,
           anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte,
           allmouth, Lophius Americanus]