lophius americanus

Questions about lophius americanus

What does lophius americanus mean?

lophius americanus means "fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey".

What is another word for lophius americanus?

Close synonyms include goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lophius americanus a common word?

lophius americanus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.