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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dev·il·fish /ˈdɛvḷˌfɪʃ/
 大鷂魚;章魚;灰鯨;鳶烘

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dev·il·fish n. Zool. (a) A huge ray (Manta birostris or  Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera. (b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus. (c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale. (d) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 devilfish
      n 1: medium-sized grayish-black whale of the northern Pacific
           [syn: gray whale, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius
            robustus]
      2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight
         long tentacles [syn: octopus]
      3: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton
         and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it
         dangerous if harpooned [syn: manta, manta ray]
      [also: devilfishes (pl)]