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anglerfishes

anglerfishes is the plural 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.

Questions about anglerfishes

What is anglerfishes the plural of?
Anglerfishes is the plural of anglerfish.

Words near anglerfishes in the dictionary

  1. angler-fish
  2. angler-fishes
  3. anglerette
  4. anglerettes
  5. anglerfish
  6. anglerfishes
  7. anglerod
  8. anglerods
  9. anglers
  10. Anglers Reach
  11. Anglers Rest

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