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toadfish.

Any fish thought to resemble a toad.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Any fish of the genus Lophius.

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  2. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.

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  3. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).

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  4. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).

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  5. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni).

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  6. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei).

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  7. 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).

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  8. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).

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  9. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).

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  10. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).

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  11. Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).

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Where this word comes from

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

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