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toadfish

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtəʊdˌfɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tōdfish′)

Inflections of 'toadfish' (n):
toadfish
npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Dolphins eat toadfish.")
toadfishes
npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Toadfishes include the prickly toadfish and the smooth toadfish.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
toad•fish  (tōdfish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fishany 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.
  2. Fishpuffer (def. 2).
  • toad + fish 1605–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
toadfish /ˈtəʊdˌfɪʃ/ n ( pl -fish, -fishes)
  1. 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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