"toadfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toadfish [plural], toadfishes [plural]
Etymology: From 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.
    Categories (lifeform): Fish, Scorpaeniform fish, Tetraodontiforms
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  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)
    Sense id: en-toadfish-en-noun-ybfK4Al1 Categories (other): Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 15 8 8 9 10 12 8 8 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 9 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 11
  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 Categories (other): Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 15 8 8 9 10 12 8 8 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 9 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: frogfish Translations (fish resembling toads): Anglerfisch [masculine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'fish resembling toads': 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

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