toadfish
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any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau oyster toadfish, or ugly toad, ranging along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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To investigate the process, researchers conducted laboratory experiments using Gulf toadfish exposed to water with different salt concentrations.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
At one point, the group discovers a plainfin midshipman, a member of the toadfish family, languid and big-lipped in the sunny shallow.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
The research began when Dr. Chagnaud, who studies the vibrating vocalizations of toadfish, wanted to compare the fish to rattlesnakes, which use similar muscles to rattle their tails.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
When I was a child on Long Island, I would hear toadfish croaking through the thin hull of my aluminum rowboat.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2018
Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
In addition, there are small killifishes whose closest relatives are found in the Seychelles, and freshwater toadfishes with affinities to species in India.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2011
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