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Definition of: pediculate
(pə·dik′yə·lit, -lāt) adjective
Pertaining or belonging to an order (Pediculati) of teleost fishes having a spinous dorsal fin with the front ray adapted as a lure, and including the broad, soft–bodied angler fish. [<L pediculus footstalk + -ATE1]
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