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frogfish
[ frog-fish, frawg- ]
noun
- any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.
frogfish
/ ˈ´Ú°ùÉ’É¡ËŒ´Úɪʃ /
noun
- any angler (fish) of the family Antennariidae , in which the body is covered with fleshy processes, including a fleshy lure on top of the head
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Coastal species like frogfish, which live in diverse and productive coral reef environments, exhibited much lower rates of evolutionary change than their counterparts in the deep sea.
There is even a type of frogfish known as "sargassum fish" who live solely in this habitat.
A rare encounter with a sargassum frogfish out of its natural habitat.
I saw a frogfish on a nature documentary, and I wanted to know if they are genetically related to chameleons, because they have similar facial characteristics.
In the more than 1,000 dives that hobbyist diver Atsushi Sadaki claims to have been on, he says he's seen a few frogfish but never any moving in this way.
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