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Frogbit
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frogeye
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FROG'FISH, n.
1. An animal of surinam, which is said to change from a fish to a frog and then to a fish again. It is cartilaginous, and exquisite food.
2. The Lophius, or fishing frog.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Angler An"gler, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Frogfish Frog"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) See Angler, n., 2. (b) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.
