noun.
Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Antennariidae, characteristically having a prickly or warty globose body, grasping pectoral fins, and a modified dorsal fin spine that serves as a lure.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
An English name of the angler, Lophius piscatorius: same as fishingfrog. See angler.
noun.
A fish of the family Antennariidæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
See angler, n., 2.
noun.
An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.