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Definition: Monkfish |
MonkfishNoun1. Flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of North American Atlantic waters. 2. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey. 3. Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: MonkfishSynonyms: allmouth (n), angel shark (n), angelfish (n), angler (n), angler fish (n), anglerfish (n), goosefish (n), lotte (n). (additional references) |
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| "Monkfish" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Monkfish" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.15% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
monkfish | 92 |
monkfish recipe | 48 |
monkfish picture | 11 |
grilled monkfish | 4 |
monkfish photo | 4 |
cooking monkfish | 3 |
grilled monkfish recipe | 3 |
korean monkfish | 3 |
monkfish receipes | 2 |
monkfish rock.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "monkfish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | munkefisk (angel shark, angelfish), havengel (angel shark, angel sharks, angelfish, sand devils), bredflab (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), almindelig havtaske (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zee-engel (angel shark, angelfish), zeeduivel (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), zeeëngel (angel shark, angelfish), wijdmuil (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), speelman (musician), pakhaai (angel shark, angelfish), hozemond (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), hozebek (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), hengelaar (angler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | merikrotti (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), merienkeli (angel shark, angelfish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ange de mer (monk fish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | seeteufel (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρίνα (devilfish), σκλεμπού (anglerfish, black-bellied angler, frogfish, sea devil), βιολί (fiddle, violin), βατραχόψαρο (anglerfish, black-bellied angler, frogfish, sea devil), πεσκαντρίτσα (anglerfish, black-bellied angler, frogfish, sea devil), άγγελος (angel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | squadro (angel shark, angelfish), rospo (toad), rana pescatrice (anglerfish, black-bellied angler, frogfish, sea devil), pesce angelo (angel shark, angelfish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鮟鱇 (angler, goosefish, sea-devil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あ""う (angler, goosefish, sea-devil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | guiy marrey (Angel fish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onkfishmay tamboril branco (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), tamboril (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), anjo (angel, cherub). (various references) rana marina (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), embarroco (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), peje armado (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), pejesapo (angler), pez ángel (angel shark, angelfish), pez pescador (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), angelote (Angelfish), pigotin (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), villano (miscreant, villain, villainous, villein), rana pescadora (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), rape (snuff), rape blanco (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), rape común (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), sapo (toad), sapo blanco (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil), pez tamboril (anglerfish, frogfish, sea devil). (various references) marulk (devilfish), havsängel (angel shark, angelfish). (various references) maymunbalığı (Angelfish), kelerbalığı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lophius piscatorius, Squatina angelus, Squatina squatina, Squatina squatina (Linnaeus). (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "monkfish": monkfishes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-h-i-k-m-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: monkish. | |
-2 letters: monish. | |
-3 letters: finks, finos, fohns, foins, honks, ikons, infos, kinos, knish, minks, monks, oinks, skimo. | |
-4 letters: fink, fino, fins, fish, fohn, foin, fons, hins, hisn, honk, hons, ikon, info, inks, ions, khis, kifs, kino, kins, kois, mhos, mink, miso, monk, mons, mosh, mosk, nims, noms, nosh, ohms, oink, shim, shin, shmo, sinh. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-h-i-k-m-n-o-s" | |
+2 letters: monkfishes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6E 6B 66 69 73 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -. -.- ..-. .. ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100110 01101001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o n k f i s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006E 006B 0066 0069 0073 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781807772758574 |
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