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  • noun Plural form of anglerfish.

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Examples

  • Scientists have already described 18 different families of anglerfishes and this is probably a 19th, Pietsch says.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • 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

  • Did the cuttlefish imitate anglerfishes when it was "walking" around?

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

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