Frogfish

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  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure
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  • noun. fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout