Large-mouthed marine denizen

• Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An anglerfish of the family Lophiidae.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Goosefish or monkfish , are anglerfishes in the family Lophiidae found in the Arctic , Atlantic , Indian , and Pacific Oceans , where they live on sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and continental slope , at depths in excess of . Like most ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: angler , anglerfish , angler fish , monkfish , lotte , allmouth , Lophius Americanus ] [also: goosefishes (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Angler \An"gler\, n. One who angles. (Zo["o]l.) A fish ( Lophius piscatorius ), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. ...