"frogfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frogfishes [plural], frogfish [plural]
Etymology: From frog + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|frog|fish}} frog + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|frogfish}} frogfish (plural frogfishes or frogfish)
  1. Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure. Synonyms (fish of family Antennariidae): antennariid
    Sense id: en-frogfish-en-noun-qpTCjGwA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 29 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 36 30 Disambiguation of 'fish of family Antennariidae': 44 24 33
  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. Synonyms (fish of family Batrachoididae): batrachoidid, toadfish
    Sense id: en-frogfish-en-noun-KxiHvjv9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 29 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 36 30 Disambiguation of 'fish of family Batrachoididae': 7 59 34
  3. (archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius. Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Anglerfish, Fish
    Sense id: en-frogfish-en-noun-zh5F3rHX Disambiguation of Anglerfish: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Fish: 16 36 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 29 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 36 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: toadfish

Inflected forms

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