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Irregular inflected form: frogfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("frogfish" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Holonyms ("frogfish" is a member of...):
Antennariidae; family Antennariidae (frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers)