ˈmonk-fish
[f. monk n.1 Cf. Ger. mönch.]
1. The Angel-fish, Squatina angelus.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxvi. (1611) 183 To these must be added Mantegres, Satyrs, Monk-fishes. 1672 J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 96 Munk Fish, a flat Fish like scate, having a hood like a Fryers Cowl. 1769 Hewson in Phil. Trans. LIX. 205, I next went to Brighthelmstone, where I found kingston, or monk-fish, a species of skate. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 407 The Angel-fish..is also called Monk-fish, because its rounded head looks as if enveloped in a monk's hood. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 108 Monk Fish or Angel Shark, caught at Lynn, Norfolk. |
2. The Angler, Lophius piscatorius.
| 1666 Merrett Pinax 186 Rana piscatrix, the Monk, Toad, Nass, or Devil fish. 1880–4 Day Fishes Gt. Brit. I. 74. 1884 [see molligut]. |