Goosefish

3 definitions found

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

  Goosefish \Goose"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Angler}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Angler \An"gler\, n.
     1. One who angles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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]:

  goosefish
       n : fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached
           for luring prey [syn: {angler}, {anglerfish}, {angler
           fish}, {monkfish}, {lotte}, {allmouth}, {Lophius
           Americanus}]
       [also: {goosefishes} (pl)]