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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goose +‎ fish

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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