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Webster 1913 Edition


Frogfish

Frog′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
See
Angler
,
Noun.
, 2.
(b)
An oceanic fish of the genus
Antennarius
or
Pterophrynoides
; – called also mousefish and toadfish.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frogfish

FROG'FISH

,
Noun.
1.
An animal of surinam, which is said to change from a fish to a frog and then to a fish again. It is cartilaginous, and exquisite food.
2.
The Lophius, or fishing frog.

Definition 2024


frogfish

frogfish

English

A frogfish (antennariid), Antennarius striatus
A frogfish (batrachoidid), Opsanus beta

Noun

frogfish (plural frogfishes or frogfish)

  1. Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
  2. 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.
    • 2016 October 22, Frogfish turns ghostly white to match a bleached coral, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 15,
      Warty frogfish are sedentary seafloor dwellers that can change colour over a few weeks. [] Since the warm waters off the Maldives abound in vibrantly coloured corals, the frogfish there typically sport matching orange or pinkish hues, says Gabriel Grimsditch of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Maldives in Malé.
  3. (archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.

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