TOADFISH


Meaning of TOADFISH in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : any of various marine fishes having jugular pelvic fins, a large thick head, a wide mouth, and scaleless slimy skin, constituting the family Batrachoididae, and including some (as members of a widespread genus Thalassophryne ) that have venomous spines ; especially : a common fish ( Opsanus tau ) of the American Atlantic coast — compare midshipman 2

2. : frogfish 1

3. : globefish

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