sea devil

Origin of sea devil

First recorded in 1585–95

Also a species of Lophius or toad-fish; from its ugliness and habits called also the sea-devil.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
To this watchfulness Sammy owed his escape from the Sea-Devil.

How Sammy Went to Coral-Land |Emily Paret Atwater
One of the harbour regulations consists of a special paragraph warning seamen against using this poisonous "sea-devil."

Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I |Karl Ritter von Scherzer
The manta, or sea-devil, of tropical America is Manta birostris.

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) |David Starr Jordan

They polish the wood with trachyte, or by means of large rasps made from the skin of the sea-devil.

The Human Race |Louis Figuier