Frogfish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frogfish \Frog"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) See {Angler}, n., 2.
     (b) An oceanic fish of the genus {Antennarius} or
         {Pterophrynoides}; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Angler \An"gler\, n.
     1. One who angles.
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     2. (Zool.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius}), of Europe and
        America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with
        the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are
        said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also
        {fishing frog}, {frogfish}, {toadfish}, {goosefish},
        {allmouth}, {monkfish}, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frogfish
       n : fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
       [also: {frogfishes} (pl)]