goosefish

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They sometimes call it a goosefish, because it attacks wild geese, but the right name is fishing-frog or angler.

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  1. noun Any of several anglerfishes of the genus Lophius, such as L. americanus of North American Atlantic waters. Also called monkfish.

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  • They sometimes call it a goosefish, because it attacks wild geese, but the right name is fishing-frog or angler. —  The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
  • Neptune, his white teeth flashing when he laughed, a pitchfork in his hands with which to spear the goosefish as they turned up in the net, and throw them back into the sea. —  Georgina of the Rainbows
  • And along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, fishermen used to toss back a toad-colored fish that looked like it was 30 percent mouth and 50 percent stomach: the goosefish. —  Grist - the Latest from Grist
 

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