[frog-fish, frawg-] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins. |
| 2. | angler (def. 3). |
| frog·fish (frôg'fĭsh', frŏg'-) n. pl. frogfish or frog·fish·es Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Antennariidae of tropical and temperate seas, characteristically having a prickly or warty globose body and pectoral fins adapted for grasping. |
frogfish
any of about 60 species of small marine fishes of the family Antennariidae (order Lophiiformes), usually found in shallow, tropical waters. Frogfishes are robust, rather lumpy fishes with large mouths and, often, prickly skins. The largest species grow about 30 cm (12 inches) long.
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