Toadfish

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
  2. 2
    bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth wordnet
  3. 3
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
  4. 4
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
  5. 5
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
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  1. 6
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
  2. 7
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
  3. 8
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
  4. 9
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Psychrolutidae; dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
  5. 10
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Psychrolutidae; frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
  6. 11
    Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Psychrolutidae; pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)

Etymology

From toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.

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