frogfish

frog·fish

F0335000 (frôg′fĭsh′, frŏg′-)n. pl. frogfish or frog·fish·es Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Antennariidae, characteristically having a prickly or warty globose body, grasping pectoral fins, and a modified dorsal fin spine that serves as a lure.

frogfish

(ˈfrɒɡˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any angler (fish) of the family Antennariidae, in which the body is covered with fleshy processes, including a fleshy lure on top of the head

frog•fish

(ˈfrɒgˌfɪʃ, ˈfrɔg-)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. 1. any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide froglike mouth. 2. angler (def. 3).

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frogfish - fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snoutAntennariidae, family Antennariidae - frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglersacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays