anglerfish

Noun

Meaning

fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lotte angler monkfish goosefish allmouth angler fish Lophius Americanus rape catfish fisherman eel angelfish burbot gurnard frogfish

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Hypernyms

acanthopterygian spiny-finned fish

Anagrams

reflashing

Examples

Fishing vessels work in pairs and go to sea for about a week at a time to operate fishing trawls, aiming to catch rosy sea bass, also known as nodoguro black throat sea perch, as well as right-eyed flounders and anglerfish, among others. Source: Internet

The local fisheries industry has been marketing anglerfish over a certain weight caught between October to February as “Anglerfish from Shimonoseki Fishing Port.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

angler fish angler's dream anglerette anglerod angles and dangles angles of incidence