Associations to the word «Monkfish»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

MONKFISH, noun. Flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America.
MONKFISH, noun. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
MONKFISH, noun. Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats