anglerfish

See also: angler fish

English

humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii)

Alternative forms

• angler fish, angler-fish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English angler

Proto-Indo-European *péysks

Proto-Germanic *fiskaz

Proto-West Germanic *fisk

Old English fisċ

Middle English fisch

English fish

English anglerfish

From angler + fish.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

• fishing frog (Lophius spp.)
• frogfish (Lophius spp.)
• goosefish (Lophiidae spp.)
• monkfish (Lophius spp.)
• sea devil (Lophius spp.)
• sea frog (Lophius spp.)
• toadfish (Lophius spp.)

Derived terms

• hairy anglerfish (Caulophrynidae spp.)
• humpback anglerfish
• spinycoat anglerfish

Translations

fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes

Asturian: pixín (ast), pezapu (ast) Catalan: rap (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 鮟鱇 / 𩽾𩾌 (zh) (ānkāng) Czech: ďas m Danish: tudsefisk c Dutch: zeeduivel (nl) 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 Indonesian: ikan pemancing, ikan setan laut (literally “sea devil fish”) Italian: melanoceto m, diavolo nero m Japanese: アンコウ (ja), 鮟鱇 (ja) (あんこう, ankō) Macedonian: јадичарка f (jadičarka) 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 m Swedish: marulkartad fisk c Turkish: fener balığı (tr) Volapük: lofiut

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