anglerfish
- n fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- In their hunt for Nemo, they are aided and threatened by all manner of sea creatures: a menacing anglerfish, some not entirely trustworthy members of Sharks Anonymous, a school .
- WALT DISNEY PICTURES WALDEN MEDIA: This anglerfish uses its armlike pectoral fins to crawl along the ocean bottom.
- Similarly, the male anglerfish burrows into the belly of its much bigger mate and becomes a permanent, parasitic testicle.