Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
anglers and batfishes;
spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth;
[syn: Pediculati, order Pediculati]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pediculati \Pe*dic`u*la"ti\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See Pedicle.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of
Angler and Batfish.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pediculati
n 1: anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having
pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long
movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large
mouth [syn: Pediculati, order Pediculati]