Meaning

11 senses
  1. Any fish thought to resemble a toad.

    (countable, uncountable)Any fish of the genus Lophius.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.

  3. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.

    (countable, uncountable)Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).

  4. (countable, uncountable)Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).

  5. (countable, uncountable)Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni).

  6. (countable, uncountable)Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei).

  7. (countable, uncountable)Red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia).

  8. (countable, uncountable)Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).

  9. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae.

    (countable, uncountable)Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).

  10. (countable, uncountable)Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).

  11. (countable, uncountable)Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).

More definitions
  • bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

Translations

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By meaning 1
fish resembling toads:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: toadfish / toadfishes
Singulartoadfish
Pluraltoadfish / toadfishes

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth:Opsanus tau

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfrogfish

See also

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