toadfish

n. 蟾鱼

词形变化

toadfishes 复数 toadfishes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.

  2. 2.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae

    banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)

  3. 3.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae

    blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)

  4. 4.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae

    common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)

  5. 5.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae

    prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)

  6. 6.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae

    red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)

  7. 7.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Tetraodontidae

    smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)

  8. 8.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Psychrolutidae

    dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)

  9. 9.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Psychrolutidae

    frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)

  10. 10.

    Any fish thought to resemble a toad

    Certain species in family Psychrolutidae

    pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

acanthopterygian

下位词 1

oysterfish

词源

From toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.

来源：wiktionary