Search Result for "lophius americanus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey;
[syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monkfish \Monk"fish\, n. (Zool.) (a) The angel fish (Squatina). (b) The angler (Lophius), esp. the goosefishes Lophius Americanus in America and Lophius piscatorius in Europe, used for food. --[MW10] [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lophius Americanus 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]