Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frogfish"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Angler \An"gler\, n.
1. One who angles.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius}), of Europe and
America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with
the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are
said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also
{fishing frog}, {frogfish}, {toadfish}, {goosefish},
{allmouth}, {monkfish}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Frogfish \Frog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) See {Angler}, n., 2.
(b) An oceanic fish of the genus {Antennarius} or
{Pterophrynoides}; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

frogfish
n : fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout


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