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Lophiidae

noun

large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers

• Syn: ↑family Lophiidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pediculati, ↑order Pediculati

• Member Meronyms:

↑Lophius, ↑genus Lophius, ↑goosefish, ↑angler, ↑anglerfish, ↑angler fish, ↑monkfish, ↑lotte, ↑allmouth, ↑Lophius Americanus

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\\ləˈfīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lophius, type genus + -idae

: a family of large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers and often made coextensive with a suborder Lophioidea of the order Pediculati

Useful english dictionary. 2012.