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# frogfish

noun (a frogfish, frogfish or frogfishes)

«frogfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A frogfish is a small, lumpy sea fish that lives in warm oceans, often on coral reefs; it is a kind of anglerfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#m1)
2. It walks on the sea floor using fins like legs and uses a lure on its head to catch prey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

Nature and science lessons on adaptations, camouflage and coral reefs. Frogfish can swallow prey as big as themselves. Phrases: hairy frogfish, frogfish camouflage.

### Examples

- The frogfish looked just like a sponge on the reef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#x1)
- A frogfish walks along the sea floor on its fins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#x2)
- The frogfish wiggled its lure to attract a small fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#x3)
- Frogfish can change colour to hide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#x4)
- The hairy frogfish is covered in skin spines that look like hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#x5)
- Divers struggled to spot the frogfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/#x6)

### Note

Plural frogfish or frogfishes. It is a fish, not a frog: it breathes with gills and lives only in water.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frogfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frogfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frogfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frogfish.html) on Mova free.