toadfish — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Any fish of the genus Lophius.

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2. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.

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3. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).

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4. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).

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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).

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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).

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8. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).

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9. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).

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10. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).

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11. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).

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Noun

1. bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

   Synonyms

   Opsanus tau

   Broader terms

   spiny-finned fishacanthopterygian