dev·il·fish /ˈdɛvḷˌfɪʃ/
大鷂魚;章魚;灰鯨;鳶烘
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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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)]