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单词 frogfish
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Definition of frogfish in English:

frogfish

nounPlural frogfishes ˈfrɒɡfɪʃˈfrôɡˌfiSH
  • An anglerfish that typically lives on the seabed, where its warty skin and colour provide camouflage.

    躄鱼,鮟鱇

    Families Antennariidae (numerous species, including Antennaria hispidus of the Indo-Pacific), and Brachionichthyidae (four Australian species)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The frogfish settled on the bottom and crawled around on its two froglike webbed paws.
    • Dive legend, operations manager and PADI instructor Larry Smith has discovered innumerable species of wasp fishes, scorpion fishes, pygmy seahorses, nudi-branch, frogfishes and countless more.
    • Pleased with that, I was ready to move on when I realised that my guide was looking puzzled, and pointing back in the direction of the frogfish.
    • So it's possible for a dark brown frogfish with a hairy body to be the very same species as a white frogfish with almost smooth skin.
    • Almost unable to swim, frogfishes are a wonderful example of aggressive camouflage.
    • When a fish is within striking distance, the frogfish jumps forward, opening its large mouth and engulfing its prey.
    • Like frogfishes, these grotesque-looking fishes are anglers that use a modified dorsal spine extending just above the mouth to lure prey.
    • Their big attractions are frogfish, ghost pipefish and a shoal of batfish.
    • The frogfish uses its stalked pectoral fins and its pelvic fins to slowly ‘walk’ across the bottom.
    • Photo time with the frogfishes was short-lived as I was disrupted by the cricket-chirping signal from our divemaster.
    • Not a great deal is known about the reproduction of frogfish and in the wild it is a very rare sight to witness.
    • On an exploratory dive from East Point to Cleaning Station we came across a green frogfish early in the dive, leaving me nearly an hour to bond with this bulbous specimen.
    • Frogfishes are a family of fishes that look like misshapen toads - hence the name frogfishes.
    • How many harbours play host to everything from seahorses and frogfish to whales and dolphins?
    • The frogfishes have developed significant jaw protrusion.
    • One was not a pufferfish but a frogfish that had swallowed some prey so large it was having difficulty using its silly, paddle-like pectoral fins.
    • Apart from soft coral reefs, sea fans and frogfishes, one will see large sea creatures like sharks and turtles.
    • Painted frogfish vary greatly in colour and texture, and these ones were covered in sediment.
    • In frogfish, the first dorsal spine is modified into a movable fishing lure.
    • The color of frogfishes is extremely variable; they generally match their surroundings very well.

Definition of frogfish in US English:

frogfish

nounˈfrôɡˌfiSH
  • An anglerfish that typically lives on the seabed, where its warty skin and color provide camouflage.

    躄鱼,鮟鱇

    Families Antennariidae (numerous species, including Antennaria hispidus of the Indo-Pacific), and Brachionichthyidae (four Australian species)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Painted frogfish vary greatly in colour and texture, and these ones were covered in sediment.
    • Almost unable to swim, frogfishes are a wonderful example of aggressive camouflage.
    • One was not a pufferfish but a frogfish that had swallowed some prey so large it was having difficulty using its silly, paddle-like pectoral fins.
    • The frogfish uses its stalked pectoral fins and its pelvic fins to slowly ‘walk’ across the bottom.
    • The color of frogfishes is extremely variable; they generally match their surroundings very well.
    • So it's possible for a dark brown frogfish with a hairy body to be the very same species as a white frogfish with almost smooth skin.
    • Photo time with the frogfishes was short-lived as I was disrupted by the cricket-chirping signal from our divemaster.
    • Like frogfishes, these grotesque-looking fishes are anglers that use a modified dorsal spine extending just above the mouth to lure prey.
    • How many harbours play host to everything from seahorses and frogfish to whales and dolphins?
    • On an exploratory dive from East Point to Cleaning Station we came across a green frogfish early in the dive, leaving me nearly an hour to bond with this bulbous specimen.
    • Dive legend, operations manager and PADI instructor Larry Smith has discovered innumerable species of wasp fishes, scorpion fishes, pygmy seahorses, nudi-branch, frogfishes and countless more.
    • When a fish is within striking distance, the frogfish jumps forward, opening its large mouth and engulfing its prey.
    • Pleased with that, I was ready to move on when I realised that my guide was looking puzzled, and pointing back in the direction of the frogfish.
    • Frogfishes are a family of fishes that look like misshapen toads - hence the name frogfishes.
    • The frogfishes have developed significant jaw protrusion.
    • Their big attractions are frogfish, ghost pipefish and a shoal of batfish.
    • In frogfish, the first dorsal spine is modified into a movable fishing lure.
    • Apart from soft coral reefs, sea fans and frogfishes, one will see large sea creatures like sharks and turtles.
    • Not a great deal is known about the reproduction of frogfish and in the wild it is a very rare sight to witness.
    • The frogfish settled on the bottom and crawled around on its two froglike webbed paws.
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