monkfish

1. 1.

   flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America

   Broadersaltwater fish

   Part ofgoosefish
2. 2.

   fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

   Synonymsgoosefishangleranglerfishangler fishlotteallmouthLophius Americanus

   Broaderspiny-finned fish

   Part ofLophiidae
3. 3.

   sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

   Synonymsangel sharkangelfishSquatina squatina

   Broadershark

   Part ofSquatina

Other forms of monkfish

plural

monkfishes

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about monkfish

What does monkfish mean?

monkfish means "flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monkfish?

monkfish has 2 syllables: monk-fish. The stress falls on "monk".

What is another word for monkfish?

Close synonyms include goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, lotte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monkfish a common word?

monkfish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.