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Noun: goosefish  'goos,fish
  1. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
    - angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus

Derived forms: goosefishes

Type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

Part of: family Lophiidae, Lophiidae

Encyclopedia: Goosefish