toadfish noun.
['tǝʊdfɪʃ] Pl. -es
[-ɪz], (usu.) same.
E17.[from TOAD + FISH noun1.]1. A puffer fish;
esp. the poisonous
Sphoeroides hamiltoni (more fully
common toadfish) of Australasian waters; a porcupine fish.
E17.2. A frog-fish;
esp. (chiefly
S. Afr.) one of the family Antennariidae.
M17.3. Any of various bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Batrachoididae, which have a wide flattened head and large mouth, and are found in warm shallow seas;
esp. (more fully
oyster toadfish)
Opsanus tau of the US Atlantic coast (also called
oyster-fish).
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