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toadfish

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Meaning

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

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