frogfish

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FROG'FISH, noun 1. An animal of surinam, which is said to change from a fish to a frog and then to a fish again. It is cartilaginous, and exquisite food. 2. The Lophius, or fishing frog.
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