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angler-fish

angler-fish is the alternative form of anglerfish.

Meaning of anglerfish

Noun

anglerfish (countable and uncountable, plural anglerfish or anglerfishes)

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

Forms of angler-fish

pluralangler-fish
pluralangler-fishes

Questions about angler-fish

What is angler-fish the alternative form of?
Angler-fish is the alternative form of anglerfish.

Words near angler-fish in the dictionary

  1. angler fishes
  2. angler's knot
  3. angler's knots
  4. angler's loop
  5. angler's loops
  6. angler-fish
  7. angler-fishes
  8. anglerette
  9. anglerettes
  10. anglerfish
  11. anglerfishes

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