devilfish

The mountain lion rivals the shark, the devilfish, and the grizzly in being the cause of ferocious tales.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
They ain't no bloodhound on your track, but a ugly octopus of a devilfish is gittin' its arms out after you.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter
Therefore they all went to the house of Devilfish and Halibut, for these two lived together.
Myths and Legends of British North America|Katharine Berry Judson
Mapfarity cried out with shock and surprise as his skin flopped on the stones like a devilfish on dry land.
Rastignac the Devil|Philip Jos Farmer

"I thought at first it was something like a devilfish, or possibly an overgrown starfish, but it isn't," Costigan made answer.
Triplanetary|Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for devilfish

devilfish

/ (ˈdɛvəlˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

Also called: devil ray another name for manta (def. 1)

another name for octopus

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