Usually means: Large marine rays or octopuses.
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  2. devilfishes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. devilfishes: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Devilfishes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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(Note: See devilfish as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (devilfish)

noun:  (dated) Any of several not closely related marine animals:
noun:  The octopus.
noun:  The giant squid or kraken.
noun:  The gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
noun:  The piranha.
noun:  The anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius.
noun:  The suckermouth catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus (translating Spanish pez diablo).
noun:  The manta ray; any ray in the genus Mobula.
noun:  (specifically) The devil ray, Mobula mobular.
noun:  Certain fish in the genus Paraplesiops; see blue devilfish, Bleeker's devilfish.
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