"toadfish" meaning in All languages combined

See toadfish on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: toadfish [plural], toadfishes [plural]
Etymology: toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|toad|fish}} toad + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|toadfish|+}} toadfish (plural toadfish or toadfishes)
  1. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun--ZFFS1l1
  2. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
    banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-3k-dZOyo
  3. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
    blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-NIAc5D0I
  4. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
    common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-RbNgzy7C
  5. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
    prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-B8O4IsAk
  6. 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)
    Categories (lifeform): Fish, Scorpaeniform fish, Tetraodontiforms
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-ybfK4Al1 Disambiguation of Fish: 10 10 10 10 10 13 10 10 10 10 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 10 10 10 10 10 14 10 10 10 10 Disambiguation of Tetraodontiforms: 10 10 10 10 10 14 10 10 10 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 7 9 7 7 28 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 9 9 9 9 24 9 8 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 10 10 10 10 20 10 6 6 6
  7. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
    smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-aBebDhwS
  8. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
    dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-MWwc7coQ
  9. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
    frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-Cxt7p51~
  10. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
    Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
    pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-PMs2i5N2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: frogfish

Inflected forms

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