单词 | frogfish |
释义 | frogfishn. Originally: the European anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius. Later more widely: any of numerous anglerfishes of the order Lophiiformes; spec. any of those belonging to the family Antennariidae, which are small, globular, cryptically coloured, and found chiefly in warm shallow waters. Also: a toadfish of the allied order Batrachoidiformes. Cf. frog n.1 2, fishing frog at fishing adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] mudfish1502 sprat1552 frogfish1598 rockfish1605 yellowtaila1622 sleeper1668 picarel1688 hogfish1735 porkfish1735 sucker1753 zebrafish1771 yellowbelly1775 white steenbras1801 stone-toter1817 stargazer1842 warehou1848 baardman1853 goatfish1864 holostome1864 spot snapper1876 suck-fish1876 mademoiselle1882 queenfish1883 cigar-fish1884 emperor fish1884 rock beauty1885 oilfish1896 aholehole1897 berrugate1898 Photoblepharon1902 sweet-lip1934 rabbitfish1941 redbait1960 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > family Lophiidae > lophius piscatorius (angler) frogfish1598 frog1601 sea-fisher1601 sea-frog1601 friar1603 toad-fish1612 catfish1620 sea-angler1653 devil fish1666 monkfish1666 nass-fish1666 angler1776 pocket-fish1796 kettle-mawa1798 wide-gab1807 anglerfish1854 round robin1880 dragon- the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > member of genus Antennarius toad-fish1612 mousefish1818 walking fish1840 frogfish1931 frog1985 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > [noun] > order Batrachoidiformes > toad-fish sea-devil1634 sarpo1753 oysterfish1855 frogfish1953 sargassum angler1961 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 310/2 Rana, a frogge or a padock... Pescerana, a fish of the sea, called a frog fish. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 169 The..Frog-fish . View more context for this quotation 1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium iii. i. 85 (heading) Rana piscatrix, the Toad-fish or Frog-fish or Sea-Divel. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling ii. lviii. 176 Of the Frog-Fish or Toad-Fish. The Frog-Fish..seems to be of a middle Nature between the Boney and the Gristly Fish. 1776 S. Ward Mod. Syst. Nat. Hist. IX. 82 The Fishing Frog, or Frog Fish. The frog-fish resembles a tadpole or young frog in shape, but it appears a tadpole of enormous size. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 114/2 The œsophagus of the frog-fish leads to a large globular stomach. 1890 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1889 344 His attention had been drawn to the remarkable resemblance of the color-markings of the Frog-fish to the Sargassum weed in which it lives. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xx. 163 The Antennaridæ, the Frog Fishes of the tropics, seldom descend far from the surface. 1953 J. L. B. Smith Sea Fishes S. Afr. (rev. ed.) 422 Family Batrachoididae. Frogfishes: Toadfishes. Robust body, with head usually broad and depressed. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 282/2 On some frogfishes, such as the American Atlantic whiskery or split-lure frogfish, Antennarius scaber,..the fishing pole is well developed. 2004 Dive Sept. 28 Frogfish, stargazers, crocodilefish and other predators lurk amid the coral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1598 |
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