English noun: anglerfish | |||
1. | anglerfish (animal) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | ||
Synonyms | allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish | ||
Broader (hypernym) | acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish | ||
Part holonym | monkfish | ||
Member meronym | family Lophiidae, Lophiidae | ||