toadfish
Any fish thought to resemble a toadAny fish thought to resemble a toad.: Any fish of the genus Lophius.
Meaning
11 sensesAny fish thought to resemble a toad.
(countable, uncountable)Any fish of the genus Lophius.
(countable, uncountable)Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae.
(countable, uncountable)Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).
(countable, uncountable)Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).
(countable, uncountable)Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni).
(countable, uncountable)Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei).
(countable, uncountable)Red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia).
(countable, uncountable)Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae.
(countable, uncountable)Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).
(countable, uncountable)Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).
(countable, uncountable)Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).
- bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
Translations
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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| Singular | toadfish |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth:Opsanus tau
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable