| 单词 | wide-gab |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswide-gab wide-gab n. Scottish (now rare) the angler, Lophius piscatorius. ΘΚΠ 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- 1807 Scots Mag. Sept. 646/1 The people there call them Wide-gabs, from the uncommon size of their mouth. 1854 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 203/2 When caught in a net,..the appetite of the Wide Gab is no whit discouraged; and it generally devours some of its fellow-prisoners. 1991 K. P. N. Shuker Extraordinary Animals Worldwide iii. 28 This is Lophius piscatorius, whose repulsive form has earned it many weird names, including goosefish, frogfish, fishing-frog, sea-devil, wide-gab, and..the angler fish. < as lemmas |
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