Found 2 items, similar to oyster fish.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: oyster fish
oyster fish
n : a variety of toadfish [syn:
oyster-fish,
oysterfish]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: oyster fish
Tautog
\Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
by him tauta['u]og.] (Zo["o]l.)
An edible labroid fish (
Haitula onitis, or
Tautoga onitis
) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When
adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,
with greenish gray. Called also
blackfish,
oyster fish,
salt-water chub, and
moll. [Written also
tautaug.]
[1913 Webster]
Toadfish
\Toad"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any marine fish of the genus
Batrachus, having a large,
thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance
to a toad. The American species (
Batrachus tau) is very
common in shallow water. Called also
oyster fish, and
sapo.
(b) The angler.
(c) A swellfish.
[1913 Webster]