A name for various ugly fish, as the fishing-frog, various large rays, etc. Cf. devil fish, n.
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释义 | the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > [noun] > order Batrachoidiformes > toad-fish (5) sea-devil1634 A name for various ugly fish, as the fishing-frog, various large rays, etc. Cf. devil fish, n. sarpo1753 (See quots.) oysterfish1855 Chiefly U.S. regional. Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; esp. (a) the oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, Tautoga onitis… frogfish1953 Originally: the European anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius. Later more widely: any of numerous anglerfishes of the order Lophiiformes; spec. any of… sargassum angler1961 = sargassum fish n. |
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