From monk + fish. <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> or monkfishes) Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such...
Compare French moine. mouaine m (plural mouaines) (Jersey, Christianity) monk (Jersey) <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> (Rhina squatina, Squatina squatina) (<span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span>): violon...
the family Lophiidae – <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span>, goosefish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, sea-devils. 2008 October 9, Mark Bittman, “Roasting <span class="searchmatch">Monkfish</span>”, in The New York Times[1]...
“Roasting <span class="searchmatch">Monkfish</span>”, in The New York Times[1] (in English), archived from the original on 8 December 2022: I’ve had the good luck to cook <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> on both...
incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) kingston (plural kingstons) <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span>, angel shark (Squatina squatina) stonking...
(Hyōgai kanji) anglerfish, <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> Go-on: あん (an) Kan-on: あん (an) 鮟鱇(あんこう) (ankō): anglerfish, <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> 鮟肝(あんきも) (ankimo): <span class="searchmatch">monkfish</span> liver Only found in compounds...