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Anglerfish vs Illicium - What's the difference?

anglerfish | illicium |

As nouns the difference between anglerfish and illicium

is that anglerfish is any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes. These fish use an outgrowth that can be wiggled so as to resemble a prey animal to lure and catch their prey while illicium is the modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure.

anglerfish

English

(wikipedia anglerfish)

Noun

  • Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes. These fish use an outgrowth that can be wiggled so as to resemble a prey animal to lure and catch their prey.

    • Hyponyms

    * monkfish * goosefish * fishing-frog (Lophius piscatorius ) * frog-fish (Lophius piscatorius ) * sea-devil (Lophius piscatorius )

    Related terms

    * angler * fish English invariant nouns

    illicium

    English

    Noun

    (illicia)
  • (ichthyology) The modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure.

    • Synonyms

    * esca