toadfish
IPA: tˈoʊdfɪʃ
noun
- Any fish thought to resemble a toad
- 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)
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Examples of "toadfish" in Sentences
- Toadfish returned to a full house and he moved to Number 32.
- The smooth toadfish is one of the most common fishes in muddy areas..
- Stephanie and Toadfish then begin a relationship and Toadfish moves back in.
- Max lost his mind and promptly left the street and Toadfish Rebecchi moved in.
- When the eggs hatch the young toadfish stay attached to the yolk for some time.