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Look up: monkfish

  1. Monkfish
    A saltwater fish of which only the tail meat is eaten.
    Found on http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary

  2. Monkfish
    This large low-fat, firm-textured salt-water fish has a mild, sweet flavor similar to lobster. Sometimes referred to as 'poor man's lobster.' Also called 'Angler,' 'Lotte,' 'Belly-Fish,' 'frogfish,' 'Sea Devil,' and 'Goosefish.'
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com

  3. Monkfish
    Waters:Western Atlantic Ocean; U.S. Atlantic coast as far south as North Carolina; coasts of Mexico and Brazil Description (in water): A large (up to 50 lbs.), fleshy, sand-colored fish with a huge head and oversized mouth; not a beauty-pageant winner. By twitching a long filament that protrudes from the head, the monkfish lures shellfish and other prey to satiate its enormous appetite. Description (in market): Only the tail end of the fish is edible; this portion is usually skinned and filleted…
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. monkfish
    [n] - flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of North American Atlantic waters
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Monkfish
    Monk'fish noun (Zoology) (a) The angel fish ( Squatina ). (b) The angler ( Lophius ).
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/93

  6. monkfish
    <zoology> The angel fish (Squatina). ... The angler (Lophius). ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. monkfish
    noun flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Monkfish
    • (n.) The angler (Lophius). • (n.) The angel fish (Squatina).
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. monkfish
    (genus Squatina), any of 10 to 12 species of shark that constitute a single genus (family Squatinidae, order Squatiniformes) and characterized by ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/112

  10. monkfish
    Also called angler fish is named for the way it lures its prey. A bottom dweller, it has a long filament, which grows from its head, and it twitches and resembles a worm When the prey fish attacks the "worm", it's engulfed by the huge mouth of the Monkfish (also known as Angler, lotte, bellyfish, frogfish, sea devil, and goosefish). No...
    Found on http://whatscookingamerica.net/Glossary/

  11. Monkfish
    `Monkfish` (or `Headfish`) is the English name of a number of types of fish in the northwest Atlantic, most notably the species of the anglerfish genus Lophius and the angelshark genus Squatina. The term is also occasionally used for a European sea monster more often called a sea monk....
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkfish



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