anglerfish
Americannoun
plural
anglerfish,plural
anglerfishesEtymology
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
Ben Frable, the University of California San Diego's Senior Collection Manager of Marine Vertebrates, said that anglerfish surfacing events are not as uncommon as one might think.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025
Understanding how organisms like anglerfish thrive in such conditions helps scientists predict how life might respond to environmental changes, including those caused by climate change.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
Despite these directional trends, however, ceratioids also displayed remarkable variability in body shapes from the archetypical globose anglerfish to elongated forms like the "wolftrap" phenotype, which features a jaw structure resembling a trap.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
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