1. (

• monkfish

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

2. (

• goosefish ,
• angler ,
• anglerfish ,
• angler_fish ,
• monkfish ,
• lotte ,
• allmouth ,
• Lophius_Americanus

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

3. (

• angel_shark ,
• angelfish ,
• Squatina_squatina ,
• monkfish ,

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