Lophius Americanus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Lophius Americanus
    n 1: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament
         attached for luring prey [syn: {goosefish}, {angler},
         {anglerfish}, {angler fish}, {monkfish}, {lotte},
         {allmouth}, {Lophius Americanus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) The angel fish ({Squatina}).
   (b) The angler ({Lophius}), esp. the goosefishes {Lophius
       Americanus} in America and {Lophius piscatorius} in
       Europe, used for food. --[MW10]
       [1913 Webster +PJC]

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