Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lophius_americanus
1 sense of lophius americanus
Sense 1
goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus -- (fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey)
=> spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)