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Toadfish
noun
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Noun
- 1 Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
- 2 bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth wordnet
- 3 Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
- 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 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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- 6 Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
- 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)
- 8 Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Tetraodontidae; smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
- 9 Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Psychrolutidae; dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
- 10 Any fish thought to resemble a toad; Certain species in family Psychrolutidae; frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
- 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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