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anglerfish

NOUN
  1. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

How To Use anglerfish In A Sentence

  • Players bought a translucent anglerfish at six times the rate of other sea creatures, using an imaginary currency people get by playing the game. Virtual Products, Real Profits
  • On the sand you might spot the occasional flattie or anglerfish.
  • The North Sea is not the greatest place for fish but on any dive you are likely to see pollack, coalfish, ballan wrasse, anglerfish, topknots and ling.
  • An anglerfish depends on its prey being fooled by its camouflage and by the fleshy lure into which the first ray of its dorsal fin has been modified.
  • Scarier yet, some deep-sea-dwelling, sci-fi-looking breeds of anglerfish, which attract prey by dangling a bioluminescent lure from their foremost dorsal spine, can take down fish their own size in a single gulp.
  • The most common are dragonets, topknots, dabs, plaice and, if you're lucky, the occasional anglerfish and thornback ray.
  • Left: the deep-sea anglerfish has sensory studs it uses to detect vibrations - essential to its life in the perpetual dark. Times, Sunday Times
  • When the male anglerfish reaches maturity his digestive system shuts down, rendering him unable to feed. Love and other animals
  • The most common are dragonets, topknots, dabs, plaice and, if you're lucky, the occasional anglerfish and thornback ray.
  • Eventually the male becomes nothing but a lump on the female's side – an unconscious bulge where once swam an individual": the Blackdevil anglerfish. Love and other animals
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