frog-fish
A name given to various fishes, esp. to the Angler or Fishing-frog (Lophius piscatorius). Other varieties belong to the genera Batrachus and Chironectes.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiv. 169 The..Frog-fish. 1769 Pennant Zool. (1776) III. 105 Toad-fish, Frog-fish, or Sea-Devil. 1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 114/2 The œsophagus of the frog-fish leads to a large globular stomach. 1879 Rossiter Dict. Sci. Terms, Frog fishes, Chironectes. |