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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.
[toad and fish.] A fish of the genus Lophius, the fishing frog.

Definition 2024


toadfish

toadfish

English

Noun

toadfish (plural toadfish or toadfishes)

  1. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae, benthic ambush predators.
  2. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
    1. The banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
    2. The blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
    3. The common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
    4. The prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
    5. The red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
    6. The smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
  3. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
    1. The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
    2. The frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
    3. The pale toadfish of New Zealnd (Ambophthalmos angustus)

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  • For information on the choice of plural, see fish.

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