monkfish

n 1: flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of North American

Atlantic waters

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}]