toadfish, Opsanus tau
(noun) bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
toadfish (plural toadfish or toadfishes)
Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of 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 Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)
• For information on the choice of plural, see fish.
Source: Wiktionary
Toad"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
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