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English → English (gcide) Definition: Lophius piscatorius Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The angel fish (Squatina). (b) The angler (Lophius), esp. the goosefishes Lophius Americanus in America and Lophius piscatorius in Europe, used for food. --[MW10] [1913 Webster +PJC] Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc. [1913 Webster]