Noun:

माकड मासा,

monkfish's Usage Examples:

Lophius is known as the monk or monkfish to the North Sea fishermen, a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, theangelshark, a type of shark.

As with all anglerfish species, the longest filament is the first, which terminates in an irregular growth of flesh, the esca (also referred to as the illicium), and is movable in all directions; this modified fin ray is used as a lure to attract other fish, which the monkfish then seize with their enormous jaws, devouring them whole.

site indicated that the stock included "cod; haddock; skate; witches; megrims; turbot; Dover sole and monkfish which you can buy direct from the factory".

Squatina squatina, the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread.

Cepolidae (bandfishes) Red bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma Family Caproidae (boarfishes) Boarfish, Capros oper Family Lophiidae (monkfishes) Black-bellied angler.

as the Ceratiidae), while others on the continental shelf, such as the frogfishes and the Lophiidae (monkfish or goosefish).

Concern is expressed over the sustainability of monkfish fishing.

Monkfish, like most anglerfish, are also characterised by an enormously distensible stomach, which allows an individual monkfish to fully swallow prey as large as itself.

A monkfish main course comes served with a langoustine consommé and a Brussels sprout purée.

Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found.

other major bottom-feeding fish in the North Sea such as cod, monkfish, and plaice, is listed by the ICES as "outside safe biological limits.

The liver of monkfish, known as ankimo, is considered a delicacy in Japan.

Synonyms:

lotte, allmouth, acanthopterygian, Lophius Americanus, family Lophiidae, spiny-finned fish, angler fish, Lophiidae, anglerfish, angler, goosefish,

Antonyms:

soft-finned fish,