anglerfish

See also: angler fish

English

Humpback anglerfish

Etymology

angler +‎ fish

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ/
Hyphenation: ang‧ler‧fish

Noun

anglerfish (countable and uncountable, plural anglerfish or anglerfishes)

Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

Hypernyms

fish

Hyponyms

Derived terms

hairy anglerfish (Caulophrynidae)

Translations

fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鮟鱇／𩽾𩾌 (zh) (ānkāng)
Czech: ďas m
Danish: tudsefisk c
Dutch: zeeduivel m
Faroese: havtaska f
Finnish: krotti (fi), krottikala (fi)
French: baudroie (fr) f
Galician: peixe sapo (gl) m, rabada (gl) f
German: Seeteufel (de) m, Anglerfisch (de) m
Greek: μελανόκητος n (melanókitos)
Hungarian: horgászhal
Italian: melanoceto m, diavolo nero m
Japanese: アンコウ, 鮟鱇 (ja), (あんこう, ankō)
Navajo: yółeehii
Norman: raînotte dé mé f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: breiflabb (no) m, marulke m or f, marulk m

Nynorsk: marulk m, breiflabb m
Polish: diabeł morski (pl) m, żabnica (pl) f
Portuguese: tamboril (pt) m, peixe-diabo m, peixe-sapo (pt) m, peixe-pescador m
Romanian: pește-viperă m
Russian: ры́ба-уди́льщик f (rýba-udílʹščik)
Spanish: pejesapo m, rape (es) m, pescador con caña
Swedish: marulkartad fisk c
Turkish: fener balığı (tr)
Volapük: lofiut

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