anglerfish in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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While this attachment has become necessary for the male's survival, it will eventually consume him, as both anglerfish fuse into a single hermaphroditic individual.
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Body shape and the arrangement of the fins is highly variable, covering such seemingly un-fishlike forms as seahorses, pufferfish, anglerfish, and gulpers.
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An anglerfish comes out of the darkness and begins to chase them frantically.
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One of several anglerfish families, black seadevils are named for their baleful appearance and typically pitch black skin.
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Their hyoid barbel distinguishes them from the males of all other deep-sea anglerfish.
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In many fish, the pectoral fins aid in walking, especially in the lobe-like fins of some anglerfish and in the mudskipper.
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Occasionally this dimorphism is extreme, with males reduced to living as parasites dependent on the female, such as in the anglerfish.
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They are significantly smaller than a female anglerfish, and may have trouble finding food in the deep sea.
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A single anglerfish female can mate with many males in this manner.
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Anglerfish are named for their characteristic method of predation.
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