Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several edible anglerfishes of the family Lophiidae, such as L. americanus of North American Atlantic waters, having a tapering body with a flattened head and a large mouth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fishing-frog or angler, Lophius piscatorius.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
angler .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
anglerfish
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
Etymologies
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Examples
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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Monkfish, also called lotte, angler, allmouth, bellyfish, and goosefish, has a mild flavor and a texture similar to lobster.
Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987
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