toadfish

UK: /ˈtəʊdˌfɪʃ/ US: (tōd′fish′)

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  (tōd′fish′), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 

1. 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.
2. Fish puffer (def. 2).

• toad + fish 1605–15

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toadfish / ˈtəʊdˌfɪʃ/ noun ( -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