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angler fish

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Noun1.angler fishangler fish - fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, allmouth, monkfish, angler
family Lophiidae, Lophiidae - large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
monkfish - flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America


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Another famous resident of the twilight zone is the angler fish, which also hunts with a glowing lure.
Deep-sea monsters by Peterson, Karyn M. / Instructor (1990)
The prize illustration may be the one on the dust jacket; the grotesquely elaborate angler fish - with leafy fringes on his lip and exotic spine "antennae" - cruising 3,000 feet below the ocean's surface, luring small fish, squid, and crustaceans into the serried ranks of pointed teeth that extend from lip to deep down in the throat.
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