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TOADFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: toadfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

Synonyms:

Opsanus tau; toadfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("toadfish" is a kind of...):

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toadfish"):

oyster-fish; oyster fish; oysterfish (a variety of toadfish)

Holonyms ("toadfish" is a member of...):

Batrachoididae; family Batrachoididae (toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes)

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