noun
anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
• Syn: ↑order Pediculati
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑superorder Acanthopterygii
• Member Meronyms:
↑Ogcocephalidae, ↑family Ogcocephalidae, ↑Lophiidae, ↑family Lophiidae, ↑Batrachoididae, ↑family Batrachoididae, ↑Antennariidae, ↑family Antennariidae
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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlād.ˌī\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of highly specialized marine teleost fishes including the anglers and batfishes that have the ventral fins on the throat and the pectoral fins at the end of a process suggesting a wrist or arm and consisting of the elongated and modified hypercoracoid and hypocoracoid and that have the anterior portion of the dorsal fin modified into a movable structure which stands out from the protectively colored body as a lure attracting prey within reach of the very large mouth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.