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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
)]
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