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- noun Plural form of
anglerfish .
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Scientists have already described 18 different families of anglerfishes and this is probably a 19th, Pietsch says.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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As most anglerfishes, batfishes have a dorsal fin that is modified into a spine or lure, although their lure excretes a fluid to reel in prey instead of bio-illuminating.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Did the cuttlefish imitate anglerfishes when it was "walking" around?
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