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Toadfish

Any fish thought to resemble a toad

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opsanus taunoun	bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

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Word	Definition
opsanus taunoun	bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
sea toadnoun	Any fish of family Chaunacidae (frogmouths, coffinfishes).
batrachoidiformnoun	Any toadfish of the order Batrachoidiformes
frogfishnoun	Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
swelltoadnoun	Any of the genus Cyclichthys of blowfishes.
jugfishnoun	The swellfish or swelltoad.
snakefishnoun	Any of the several fish that resemble a snake.
marine toadnoun	cane toad
bufonoun	(Hawaii, slang) toad, frog
batrachoididnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Batrachoididae, the toadfishes.
dragonfishnoun	Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
fishing frognoun	(archaic) An anglerfish (Lophius spp.).
tadpolenoun	A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
frognoun	Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
sea dragonnoun	Various sea animals that are likened to dragons:
toxotesnoun	Any fish of genus Toxotes, the archerfishes.
sargassum fishnoun	A species of frogfish that lives in sargassum and looks very much like it.
pigfishnoun	Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish.
assfishnoun	Any of several types of fish:
gadoidnoun	Any fish of the family Gadidae