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lophioid, a. and n. Ichthyol.|ˈləʊfɪɔɪd|
[f. mod.L. Lophi-us (app. f. Gr. λόϕος or λοϕιά mane, back-fin of fishes) + -oid.]
a. adj. Pertaining to the family Lophiidæ, of which the typical genus is Lophius, represented by the Angler or Fishing-frog.
b. n. A lophioid fish.
1854Owen in Circ. Sci. (c 1865) II. 56/1 Certain lophioid fishes..are enabled to hop after the..tide. 1859–62Sir J. Richardson etc. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 134 The skeletons of the Lophioids are fibrous. 1883Rep. Copepoda coll. 1873–6 in Challenger Rep. VIII. 137 The curious Lophioid genus Ceratias. |