What is the meaning of monkfish?

Flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America.
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
- synonyms: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do.
- synonyms: angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina

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