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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/fishmeat.shtml

  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.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  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://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Monkfish
    `Monkfish` 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. Monkfish is the most common English name for the genus `Lophius` in the northwest Atlantic but goosefish is used as the equivalent term on the eastern coast of North America....
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkfish

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

  10. 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


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