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FROGFISH
frogfish
(noun) fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
frogfish (plural frogfishes or frogfish)
Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
(archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.
Synonyms
• (fish of family Antennariidae): antennariid
• (fish of family Batrachoididae): batrachoidid, toadfish
Source: Wiktionary
Frog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) See Angler, n., 2. (b) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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