allmouth 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}]
Allmouth \All"mouth`\, n. (Zool.) The angler. [1913 Webster]
Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]