Found 2 items, similar to toadfish.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: toadfish
toadfish
n : bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad
thick head with a wide mouth [syn:
Opsanus tau]
[also:
toadfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: toadfish
Angler
\An"gler\, n.
1. One who angles.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish (
Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and
America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with
the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are
said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also
fishing frog,
frogfish,
toadfish,
goosefish,
allmouth,
monkfish, etc.
[1913 Webster]