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Definition of 'devilfish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

2. (noun) octopus, devilfish
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

3. (noun) manta, manta ray, devilfish
extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned


Definition of 'devilfish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) devilfish
a huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera

2. (noun) devilfish
a large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus

3. (noun) devilfish
the gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale

4. (noun) devilfish
the goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler



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