[muhngk-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | angler (def. 3). |
[ang-gler] | 1. | a person who fishes with a hook and line. |
| 2. | a person who gets or tries to get something through scheming. |
| 3. | Also called allmouth, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish. any large pediculate fish of the family Lophiidae, esp. Lophius americanus, found along the Atlantic coast of America, having an immense mouth and a large, depressed head to which is attached a wormlike filament for luring prey. |
| 4. | Also called anglerfish. any of various related fishes of the order Lophiiformes. |
| monk·fish (mŭngk'fĭsh') n. pl. monkfish or monk·fish·es See goosefish. [Perhaps from the cowled appearance of its head.] |