toadfish
[tohd-fish]
- any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish), ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- puffer(def 2).
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Origin of toadfish
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The best way to do this with man as well as with toadfish is to learn about their lives.
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It is along in June that the toadfish of our New England bays begin to look round for their summer homes.
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Does the toadfish become anything more than a mere toadfish in a shoe before the end of the chapter?
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The toadfish of this story is Batrachus tau, sometimes called oyster-fish or sapo.
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toadfish
- any spiny-finned bottom-dwelling marine fish of the family Batrachoididae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flattened tapering body and a wide mouth
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