anglerfish

See also: angler fish

English

humpback anglerfish (species)

Etymology

From angler +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ/
• Hyphenation: ang‧ler‧fish

Noun

anglerfish (countable and uncountable, plural anglerfish or anglerfishes)

1. Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

Hyponyms

• monkfish (Lophius spp.)
• goosefish (Lophiidae spp.)
• fishing frog (Lophius piscatorius)
• frog-fish (Lophius piscatorius)
• sea-devil (Lophius piscatorius)

Derived terms

• hairy anglerfish (Caulophrynidae spp.)

Translations

fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes

• Catalan: rap m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鮟鱇／𩽾𩾌 (zh) (ānkāng)

• Czech: ďas m
• Danish: tudsefisk c
• Dutch: zeeduivel m
• Faroese: havtaska f
• Finnish: krotti (fi), krottikala (fi)
• French: baudroie (fr) f
• Galician: peixe sapo (gl) m, rabada (gl) f
• German: Seeteufel (de) m, Anglerfisch (de) m
• Greek: μελανόκητος n (melanókitos)
• Hungarian: horgászhal
• Italian: melanoceto m, diavolo nero m
• Japanese: アンコウ, 鮟鱇 (ja), (あんこう, ankō)
• Navajo: yółeehii
• Norman: raînotte dé mé f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: breiflabb (no) m, marulke m or f, marulk m

  Nynorsk: marulk m, breiflabb m

• Polish: diabeł morski (pl) m, żabnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: tamboril (pt) m, peixe-diabo m, peixe-sapo (pt) m, peixe-pescador m
• Romanian: pește-viperă m
• Russian: ры́ба-уди́льщик f (rýba-udílʹščik)
• Spanish: pejesapo m, rape (es) m, pescador con caña
• Swedish: marulkartad fisk c
• Turkish: fener balığı (tr)
• Volapük: lofiut

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