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devilfish

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted defhiilsvStarts with DEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A large ray, octopus, or other sea animal given a fearsome name.

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  • The unattractive reptilian specimen in the man’s right hand is an octopus, or devilfish, which constitutes a favorite dish with the Asiatics of the islands.
  • The devilfish felt the menace of his attitude, and his two longest tentacles began to writhe in the air, as he measured our distance.
  • The devilfishes, or octopuses, vary from 2 inches to 28 feet in spread. They have a flexible bulbous body without a shell and eight long sucker-bearing tentacles.

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