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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Any fish of the genus Lophius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.
Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.
Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.
Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.
Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.
Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae.
Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae.
Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad.
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae.
Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Opsanus tau
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Broader terms: spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
Narrower terms: oyster fish, oyster-fish, oysterfish
History
From toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.
Across languages
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