devilfish

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɛvəlˌfɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dev′əl fish′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dev•il•fish  (dev′əl fish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fishmanta.
  2. Invertebratesoctopus.
  • devil + fish 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
devilfish / ˈdɛvəlˌfɪʃ/ ( -fish, -fishes)
  1. Also called: devil ray
    another name for manta1
  2. another name for octopus
'devilfish' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
manta

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