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Monkfish vs Anglerfish - What's the difference?

monkfish | anglerfish |

Anglerfish is a hyponym of monkfish.



As nouns the difference between monkfish and anglerfish

is that monkfish is any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth while 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.

monkfish

English

Noun

  • Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius'', such as ''Lophius piscatorius , of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
  • Angel sharks of the genus .

    • External links

    * ("monkfish" on Wikipedia) * (Lophius) * (Lophius)

    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