noun · Animals

anglerfish

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The meaning (definition) of the word anglerfish

a strange deep-sea fish with a glowing light dangling from its head

The word anglerfish used in a sentence

The strange anglerfish has a glowing light on its head.

The plural of the word anglerfish

anglerfishes

How the word anglerfish is said around the world

Frenchlotte de mer (lawt duh mer)
Spanishpez pescador (payth payskahthohr)
Mandarin鮟鱇鱼 (àn kāng yú)
Hindiएंग्लरमछली (ayngluhruhmuhkylee)
Arabicسمكة الصياد (sahmahkah ahssahyahd)
Russianудильщик (udil'shchik)
Portuguese (EU)peixe-diabo (payshideeahbuu)
Portuguese (BR)peixe-diabo (payshewjeeahbuu)
Japaneseアンコウ (ankou)
GermanAnglerfisch (ahnglerfish)
Urduاینگلر مچھلی (aynuhguhluhr mukylee)
Punjabiਮਛਲੀ ਮੱਛੀ (mukyuhlee mukykyee)
Korean아귀 (agwi)
Hebrewדג אנגלרפיש
Greekπεσκαντρίτσα (peskantritsa)
Dutchzeewolf (zayvawlf)
Tagalogisdang pangingisda (eesdahng pahngeengeesdah)
Vietnamesecá câu (kahur kuhw)
Turkishfener balığı (fayner bahluuu)
Persianماهی قلابچه ای (mahee kohllahbchay ee)
Polishżabnica (zhahbnyeetsah)
Ukrainianморський вудильник (morskyy vudylnyk)
Bengaliঅ্যাংলারফিশ (anglahrawfeesh)
Swedishmarulk (mahrulk)
Italianpesce lanterna (payshay lahnternah)

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