Frogfish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Antennariidae of tropical and temperate seas, characteristically having a prickly or warty globose body and pectoral fins adapted for grasping.
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  • n. Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See angler, n., 2.
  • n. An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An English name of the angler, Lophius piscatorius: same as fishingfrog. See angler.
  • n. A fish of the family Antennariidæ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acanthopterygian    spiny-finned fish   
    Variant
    frogfishes    angler   
     
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