Etymology
Origin of devilfish
Example Sentences
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Trapping wild devilfish could support modest demand, he says, but to scale up, they might ultimately need to be farmed—carefully.
From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2022
A devilfish painted by Georg Forster in the 1770s.Credit:
From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018
The Colorado River, which men have called "devilfish" and "Destiny", drains the Southwest without replenishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw sharks and devilfish, albatrosses and penguins, sea lions and octopuses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another summer had come and still I had not speared the giant devilfish that lived near the cave.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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