Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An antennarioid fish, Pterophryne histrio, which is party-colored, and chiefly inhabits the Sargasso Sea”, where it builds a sort of nest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See frogfish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The frogfish.
  • noun Gonorynchus gonorynchus, a kind of beaked salmon.

Etymologies

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mouse +‎ fish

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