ANGLERFISH
goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
(noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anglerfish (countable and uncountable, plural anglerfish or anglerfishes)
Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which hve an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.
Hypernyms
• fish
Hyponyms
• monkfish
• goosefish
• fishing frog (Lophius piscatorius)
• frog-fish (Lophius piscatorius)
• sea-devil (Lophius piscatorius)
Anagrams
• reflashing
Source: Wiktionary
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