anglerfish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of anglerfish
Example Sentences
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They weren’t allowed to experiment with mammals, including rats, so they isolated tissue samples from anglerfish, the carnivorous bottom-feeders with razor sharp teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
If these trends continue, humans may someday enter a world where anglerfish do not exist at all.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025
Indeed the anglerfish, famous for its razor sharp teeth and bioluminescent lure used to snag prey, died only a few hours after the scientists spotted it.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025
Instead, anglerfish achieved high levels of phenotypic disparity, greater than their benthic relatives in both shallow and deep waters.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
The researchers also compared anglerfish clades across different habitats and found more unexpected results.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
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