goosefish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

goosefish
    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

Goosefish \Goose"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   See {Angler}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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