allmouth

allmouth
noun
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
Syn:
Derivationally related forms: ↑angle (for: ↑angler)
Hypernyms: ↑spiny-finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian
Member Holonyms: ↑Lophiidae, ↑family Lophiidae
Part Meronyms: ↑monkfish

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)
Etymology: so called from its large mouth
: angler 2

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/awl"mowth'/, n., pl. allmouths /-mowdhz', mowths'/.
angler (def. 3).
[ALL + MOUTH; i.e., big mouth]

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  • allmouth — Angler An gler, n. 1. One who angles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius}), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • allmouth — /awl mowth /, n., pl. allmouths / mowdhz , mowths /. angler (def. 3). [ALL + MOUTH; i.e., big mouth] * * * …   Universalium

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