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PRONUNCIATION OF GOOSEFISH

goosefish  [ˈɡuːsˌfɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOOSEFISH

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Goosefish is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GOOSEFISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

goosefish

Goosefish

Goosefish are anglerfishes in the family Lophiidae found in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, where they live on sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and continental slope, at depths in excess of 1,000 m. Like most other anglerfishes, they have a very large head with a large mouth that bears long, sharp, recurved teeth. Also like other anglerfishes, the first spine of the spinous dorsal fin has been modified as an angling apparatus that bears a bulb-like or fleshy lure. The angling apparatus is located at the tip of the snout just above the mouth and is used to attract prey. Lophiid anglerfishes also have two or three other dorsal fin spines located more posteriorly on the head, and a separate spinous dorsal fin with one to three spines located more posteriorly on the body just in front of the soft dorsal fin. In the more primitive anglerfish genera, the gill opening extends partially in front of the elongated pectoral fin base. In the derived lophiid genera, and all other anglerfishes, the gill opening does not extend in front of the pectoral fin base. The largest monkfish may exceed 1.5 m in length.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOOSEFISH


blowfish
ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ
boxfish
ˈbɒksˌfɪʃ
catfish
ˈkætˌfɪʃ
crawfish
ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ
crayfish
ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ
crossfish
ˈkrɒsˌfɪʃ
dealfish
ˈdiːlˌfɪʃ
flatfish
ˈflætˌfɪʃ
foxfish
ˈfɒksˌfɪʃ
goldfish
ˈɡəʊldˌfɪʃ
jellyfish
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ
needlefish
ˈniːdəlˌfɪʃ
sailfish
ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ
shellfish
ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ
starfish
ˈstɑːˌfɪʃ
stockfish
ˈstɒkˌfɪʃ
sunfish
ˈsʌnˌfɪʃ
swordfish
ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ
triggerfish
ˈtrɪɡəˌfɪʃ
whitefish
ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOOSEFISH

goose chase
goose flesh
goose pimples
goose skin
goose step
goose-step
gooseberries
gooseberry
gooseberry bush
gooseberry stone
goosefoot
goosegob
goosegog
goosegrass
gooseherd
Goosen
gooseneck
goosenecked
goosery
goosey

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOOSEFISH

bluefish
bonefish
Boston bluefish
candlefish
cavefish
cuttlefish
filefish
fish
globefish
paddlefish
pipefish
rosefish
sablefish
selfish
snakefish
snipefish
spadefish
spikefish
stonefish
tilefish

Synonyms and antonyms of goosefish in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «goosefish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOOSEFISH

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The translations of goosefish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «goosefish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

goosefish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

goosefish
570 millions of speakers

English

goosefish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

goosefish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

goosefish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

goosefish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

goosefish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

goosefish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baudroie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Goosefish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seeteufel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

goosefish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

goosefish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Goosefish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

goosefish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

goosefish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॉसेफिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

goosefish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goosefish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

goosefish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

goosefish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

goosefish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

goosefish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goosefish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

goosefish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

goosefish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of goosefish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOSEFISH»

The term «goosefish» is used very little and occupies the 152.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOSEFISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goosefish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOOSEFISH»

Discover the use of goosefish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goosefish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish
Lophius americanus The goosefish has been described as mostly mouth with a tail attached. A member of the Lophiidae family of deep-sea anglerfish, this ugly, bottom-dwelling species of temperate waters is not a targeted gamefish but is ...
Ken Schultz, 2011
2
Popular Science
Food For The Taking The Greedy Goosefish Is Good to Eat The goosefish averages about three feet in length. It is not unusual, however, to find larger fish. The broad body and large head surmounted by a tuft which acts as a lure for its prey, ...
3
In Deeper Waters: Photographic Studies of Hawaiian Deep-Sea ...
The tan goosefish has been seen angling for its dinner with two luminous lures, the gray goosefish using three lures to attract and eat two mackerels. Tan goosefishes are globular in shape (fig. 198). They usually perch motionless on rocks, ...
E. H. Chave, Alexander Malahoff, 1998
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Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay
Goosefish are cold—water coastal fish that undertake seasonal mi— grations, south and inshore in the colder months and north and/or offshore in the warmer months. OCCURRENCE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY: Goosefish are occasional  ...
Edward O. Murdy, John A. Musick, 2013
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Encyclopedia of the Aquatic World: Starfish
Left: A goosefish on the seabed off France. Goosefish are slow breeders that lay eggs just once a year. They do not guard their eggs, but release a ribbon of eggs that float off in the water. Goosefish, frogfish, batfish, and sea toads use external ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2004
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Strange Creatures of the Sea Coloring Book
Goosefish (Lophius americanus). With its yawning. tooth-filled mouth, the goosefish is a monstrous sight indeed. It buries its flat, mottled-brown body in the sand and lures fish to its mouth by waving a fleshy growth attached to its first dorsal ...
Llyn Hunter, 1991
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Essential Fish Habitat Source Document Goosefish, Lophius ...
Original publisher: Woods Hole, Mass.
U.S. Government, 2011
8
The Seafood Industry: Species, Products, Processing, and Safety
Goosefish Goosefish (Lophius americanus), also known as monkfish, increased in commercial importance during the 1980s and 1990s. It became the highest valued finfish in the northeastern United States by the mid-1990s. Based on 2008  ...
Linda Ankenman Granata, George J. Flick, Jr., Roy E. Martin, 2012
9
Peterson First Guide to Fishes of North America
Many anglerfishes are small fishes that live In the deep sea. but some. like the huge Goosefish. can be found in shallow water. GOOSEFISH To 4 ft. The Goosefish seems. at first sight. to be all mouth. Its large head and toothy mouth allow it to ...
Michael Filisky, Roger Tory Peterson, 1998
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Living Marine Resources: Their Utilization and Management
The goosefish, Lophius amer- icanus, the blackfin goosefish, L. gastrophysus, and the reticulate goosefish, Lophiodes reticula- tus, occur off the east coast of the United States. The slender snipefish, Macrorhamphosus gracilis, of the Atlantic ...
Edwin S. Iversen, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOOSEFISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goosefish is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Beginner's Guide to Anime, No. 81 – Girls und Panzer
Together they form the “Goosefish Team” as it's named. The school also has four other teams in its squad: the “Turtle Team” consisting of the ... «OntheBox, Nov 14»
2
Photographer-author dives into the beauty and the tragedy of the …
Equally strange — and truth be told, frightening — is the "one and only" goosefish, "a true rarity," Rotman adds, in a photograph shot off the ... «Chicago Tribune, Oct 14»
3
The last weekend of winter saw auctions in Sydney's south east heat …
Would you eat goosefish, whore?s eggs, or slimehead? Chances are, you already have, and just didn't realize you were eating a re-branded ... «Herald Sun, Aug 14»
4
Marathon bombing survivor James Costello ties the knot with nurse
... Sera Bridal boutique in Danvers, Blooms of Hope in Belmont, Prudente Photography, Goosefish Press, and Italian crooner Antonio Cassisi. «Boston Globe, Aug 14»
5
Who Wants to Bring Back Overfishing?
Enactment of the legislation proposed by Rep. Hastings will ultimately prove to be a giant step toward killing the goosefish that lays the golden ... «National Geographic, Feb 14»
6
Goosefish Lays Veil Holding 1 Million Eggs
Goosefish, also known as monkfish, may be among the most aesthetically challenged creatures around, but when the homely bottom-feeders ... «Discovery News, Sep 13»
7
Outdoors: Paris reveals a New England seafood delicacy …
They introduced me to monkfish, sometimes called goosefish, when few people knew it even existed. I've favored it ever since. In Europe, it's a ... «Worcester Telegram, Aug 13»
8
Support American fishermen: Fish for a different dish
For example, 20 years ago, no one knew what a slimehead or American goosefish was. But when Atlantic cod fisheries crashed, low-value ... «Environmental Defense Fund, Apr 13»
9
Bottom-dwelling Monkfish Will Eat Unlucky Puffins During …
Researcher Larry Alade holds a tagged goosefish, or monkfish, prior to release during a cooperative monkfish migration study with commercial ... «Nature World News, Apr 13»
10
Badass Fish Eats Small Puffins
Also known as the goosefish, these bottom-dwelling Atlantic fish use their pectoral fins to 'walk' along the seabed until they find a spot to their ... «Discovery News, Apr 13»

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