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toadfish en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Any fish of the genus Lophius.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. ▸ Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).
  4. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. ▸ Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).
  5. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. ▸ Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni).
  6. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. ▸ Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei).
  7. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. ▸ Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).
  9. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. ▸ Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).
  10. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. ▸ Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).
  11. (countable, uncountable) Any fish thought to resemble a toad. ▸ Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. ▸ Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).

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Relateds

frogfish

Synonyms

fishing frog (fish of genus Lophius) · sea devil (fish of genus Lophius) · monkfish (fish of genus Lophius) · frogfish (fish of genus Lophius) · sea frog (fish of genus Lophius)

Translations (2)

th ปลาคางคก (fish resembling toads) · de Anglerfisch (fish resembling toads)