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Webster 1913 Edition
Toadfish
Toad′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any marine fish of the genus
Batrachus
, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau
) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish
, and sapo
. (b)
The angler.
(c)
A swellfish.
Webster 1828 Edition
Toadfish
TOAD'FISH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
toadfish
toadfish
English
Noun
toadfish (plural toadfish or toadfishes)
- Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae, benthic ambush predators.
- Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
- The banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
- The blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
- The common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
- The prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
- The red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
- The smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
- Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
- The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
- The frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
- The pale toadfish of New Zealnd (Ambophthalmos angustus)
Usage notes
- For information on the choice of plural, see fish.
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