Devilfish
the popular name of various fishes, one of them being the angler. Among others the name is given to several large species of ray occasionally captured on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America, and much dreaded by divers, whom they are said to devour after enveloping them in their vast wings.
DEVIL'S ISLAND (Isle du Diable), a small rock formation off the coast of French Guiana, belonging to France.
The area is about 16 square miles, and the island itself is sandy, dry, and torrid.
Here Capt. ALFRED DREYFUS (q. v.) was imprisoned for alleged treason.