Hyphenation of monkfish

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word monkfish? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

monk-fish

Definitions of monkfish:

1.	Flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
2.	Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
3.	Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

Synonyms of monkfish:

noun	saltwater fish
noun	goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus, spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
noun	angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina, shark

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.