MonkfishWordNet Explorer
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noun
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
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any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks
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fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
Words in this synset: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler_fish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius_Americanus
noun
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
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flesh of fish from the sea used as food