English > angler fish: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey. |
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Synonyms | goosefish, angler, anglerfish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus |
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Member of | Lophiidae, family Lophiidae | large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers |
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Parts | monkfish | flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America |
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Broader | spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian | A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
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Spanish | lophiiformes, pejesapo, pescador con caña, rape |
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Catalan | rap |
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