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Noun Concept
Categories: Lophiidae, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Lophiiformes, Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Fish described in 1837
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goosefish  angler  anglerfish  angler fish  monkfish
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Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey WordNet 3.0
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Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Lophius americanus is a goosefish in the family Lophiidae, also called all-mouth, American anglerfish, bellows-fish, devil-fish, headfish, molligut, satchel-mouth, or wide-gape. Wikipedia
Goosefishes are anglerfishes in the family Lophiidae found in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, where they live on sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and continental slope, to depths of more than 1,000 m. Wikipedia
The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes. Wikipedia
A fish species Wikipedia Disambiguation
Order of predatory fish Wikidata
Angler fish. Wiktionary
An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius. Wiktionary
Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which hve an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey. Wiktionary
Fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes. Wiktionary (translation)
An anglerfish of the family Lophiidae. Wiktionary
Anglerfish of the family Lophiidae. Wiktionary (translation)
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. Wiktionary
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The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head. Wiktionary
IS A
spiny-finned fish
taxonomic group
food fish
seafood
HAS PART
ankimo
monkfish
PART OF
Lophiidae
HAS KIND
frogfish
horned lantern fish
toothed seadevil
whipnose angler
Tetrabrachiidae
+5 relations
CODE OF NOMENCLATURE
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
DERIVATION
angle
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China
PARENT TAXON
goosefish
Lophius
teleost fish
Actinopteri
Actinopterygii
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TAXON RANK
family
order
species
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
Wikipedia
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anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius americanus
Wikidata
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Lophiidae, Lophiiformes, Lophius americanus, monkfish
Wiktionary
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allmouth, angler, anglerfish, goosefish, monkfish
Wikipedia Redirections
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all-mouth, All-mouths, All mouth, All mouths, Allmouths, American angler, American angler-fish, American angler-fishes, American angler fish, American angler fishes, American anglerfish, American anglerfishes, American anglers, Anglar fish, angler fish, Anglerfishes, bellows-fish, Bellows-fishes, Bellows fish, Bellows fishes, Ceratioidea, Ceratoid angler fish, Deep-sea fangly fish, esca, Head-fish, Head fish, illicium (fish anatomy), Light fish, lophiid, lophiiform, Lophiiformes, Lophioidei, molligut, Molliguts, satchel-mouth, Satchel-mouths, Satchel mouth, Satchel mouths, Satchelmouth, Satchelmouths, wide-gape, Wide-gapes, Wide gape, Wide gapes, Widegape, Widegapes
Wikidata Alias
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anglerfish order, the goosefish family

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