Definition of "frogfish" []

• Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Antennariidae of tropical and temperate seas, characteristically having a prickly or warty globose body and pectoral fins adapted for grasping. (noun)

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• "But it has several traits not previously known among frogfish, wrote Pietsch, of the University of Washington."
• "Like other frogfish — a subset of anglerfish — H. psychedelica has leglike fins on both sides of its body."
• "A new frogfish has been described; Histiophryne psychedelica may be a coral mimic."