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Lophius
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Translingual
thumb|Lophius piscatorius species (anglerfish, monkfish)
Etymology
From mul grc λόφος crest + mul -ius.
Proper noun
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genus family Lophiidae monkfishes, goosefishes, fishing frogs, frogfishes, sea frogs, sea-devil s, of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
en mul Mark Bittman Roasting Monkfish w:The New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/roasting-monkfish/ 2008-10-09 I’ve had the good luck to cook monkfish on both sides of the Atlantic. The European monkfish is Lophius piscatorius, while our western Atlantic brand is Lophius americanus. https://web.archive.org/web/20221208074812/https://archive.nytimes.com/dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/roasting-monkfish/
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Lophius piscatorius species (anglerfish, monkfish) type species; Lophius americanus species (American angler), Lophius budegassa species (black-bellied angler), Lophius gastrophysus species (blackfin goosefish), Lophius litulon species (yellow goosefish), Lophius vaillanti species (shortspine African angler), Lophius vomerinus species (devil anglerfish) other species
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