Devil-fish is a name used for the Octopus (q.v.), also for the Angler (q.v.), and, in America, for a gigantic species of ray (Cephalopterus vampyrus), with very large pectorals. Of the latter a specimen was found in Delaware Bay, 17½ feet by 18 feet, and weighing 5 tons.
Devil-fish
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 780
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