Frogfish

Word FROGFISH
Character 8
Hyphenation frog fish
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Frogfish"

What do we mean by frogfish?

Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Antennariidae, characteristically having a prickly or warty globose body, grasping pectoral fins, and a modified dorsal fin spine that serves as a lure. noun

An English name of the angler, Lophius piscatorius: same as fishingfrog. See angler. noun

A fish of the family Antennariidæ. noun

See angler, n., 2. noun

An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish. noun

Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure noun

Fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout noun

Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.

Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.

Any fish of genus Lophius.

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The word "frogfish" in example sentences

A new frogfish has been described; Histiophryne psychedelica may be a coral mimic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But it has several traits not previously known among frogfish, wrote Pietsch, of the University of Washington. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like other frogfish — a subset of anglerfish — H. psychedelica has leglike fins on both sides of its body. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I lack the patience to carefully examine a fan coral for pygmy seahorses no bigger than my little fingernail, but there's enough of the big and dramatic to keep me astonished: the orb-like shimmering jellyfish, the wrasses, turtles and mantas, the epaulette sharks that "walk" on their fins, the unworldly-appearing frogfish or the schools of silver barracuda. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Low-lying tanks allow children to see everything at their eye-level including clown fish, garden eel, frogfish, swell fish, lizards and "pacman" frogs, which resemble the classic '80s video-game character Pac-Man. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stay at Lembeh Resort lembehresort.com, grab your underwater camera and follow your dive master as he points out the weird and the wonderful: frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish, flying gurnards and devil scorpionfish. ❋ Darryl Leniuk (2011)

A flat-faced frogfish with a psychedelic pattern and a "killer" carnivorous sponge are among the top 10 new species discovered in 2009. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The top 10 new species also include a deep-sea worm that when threatened releases green luminescent 'bombs', a sea slug that eats insects and a flat-faced frogfish with an unusual psychedelic pattern. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sydney - A flat-faced frogfish with a psychedelic pattern and a "killer" carnivorous sponge are among the top 10 new species discovered in 2009, according to a committee of international scientists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Behold one of the newest additions to the frogfish family: Histiophryne psychedelica. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This frogfish differs from its frogfish cousins in several regards. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other frogfish change their colors camouflage-style to blend in with its surroundings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a "frogfish family" but I still think it lacks creativity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The frogfish _ which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that extend from its aqua eyes to its tail _ was initially discovered by scuba diving instructors working for a tour operator a year ago in shallow waters off Ambon island in eastern Indonesia.

The fish _ which the University of Washington professor has named "psychedelica" _ is a member of the antennariid genus, Histiophryne, and like other frogfish, has fins on both sides of its body that have evolved to be leg-like.

The frogfish _ which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that ...

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