monkfish

English

a monkfish on ice at a fish market

Noun

monkfish (countable and uncountable, plural monkfish or monkfishes)

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

Translations

fish

Catalan: rap (ca) m
Finnish: merikrotti (fi)
French: lotte (fr) f, baudroie (fr) f
German: Seeteufel (de) m, Meeresteufel m
Hungarian: ördöghal (hu)
Irish: láimhíneach m
Italian: coda di rospo f

Korean: 아귀 (ko) (agwi)
Maori: kourepoua, moamoa
Norman: mouaine m (Jersey)
Polish: żabnica (pl) f
Portuguese: tamboril (pt) m
Spanish: rape (es) m
Swedish: marulk (sv)

shark

Chinese:
Mandarin: 僧鲨
Finnish: merienkeli

Irish: anglait f, bráthair m
Spanish: angelote (es) m

Further reading

monkfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lophius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lophius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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