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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Monk·fish n. Zool. (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]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Lophius Americanus
      n : fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached
          for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish,
           angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth]