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anglerfish

noun
/ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/US/ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ/UK

Etymology

From angler + fish.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. formed as anglerfish — “angler + fish”

Definitions

  1. Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anglerfish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA