sea-toadn.

Forms: see sea n. and toad n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., toad n.

Etymology: < sea n. + toad n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-toad.

1. A name given to several fishes, as:

a. The fishing-frog or angler, Lophius piscatorius.

ΚΠ

1558 G. Rondelet Gesner's Historia Animalium iv. 961 Seetode id est rubetam marinam Anglicè.

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1885) III. 319 An haddocke, a Roucote, the sea tad.

1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. 186 The Rana Piscatrix or Sea-Toad found frequently in the River Wire in Lancashire.

b. U.S. The sculpin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Cottus (bull-head)

sea-dragon1551

gull-head1611

sculpin1672

bullhead1674

mud catfish1818

sea-toad1884

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 258 On our Atlantic coast are found several species of this family [Cottidæ], generally known by the name ‘Sculpin’, and also by such titles as..‘Sea-toad’, and ‘Pig-fish’.

c. ‘The toadfish, Batrachus tau’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).

†2. ? Some kind of starfish. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > unspecified and miscellaneous types

five-foot1659

rose1668

five-finger1678

sun shellfish1688

urchin starfish1688

sea-toad1710

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 54 Stella Marina squamosa; the Fishers call it the Sea-Toad, for that in Colour it resembleth a Toad.

3. The great spider-crab (see quot. 1857).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Maiideae (spider-crab)

MaiaOE

frill1611

sea spider1666

spider-crab1710

king crab1815

maian1839

majoid1852

spider1853

sea-toad1857

1857 A. White Pop. Hist. Brit. Crustacea 22 The Hyas... Mr. Gordon says that the fishermen there [i.e. at Moray Firth] call it ‘sea-tead’, that is sea-toad.

4. ? nonce-use. A turtle.

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1755 D. Garrick Prol. in J. Brown Barbarossa sig. A2 He eat a great Sea-Toad! It came from Indies—'twas as big as me, He call'd it Belly-patch' and Capapee.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sea-toad
释义	sea-toadn. Forms: see sea n. and toad n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., toad n. Etymology: < sea n. + toad n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-toad. 1. A name given to several fishes, as: a. The fishing-frog or angler, Lophius piscatorius. ΚΠ 1558 G. Rondelet Gesner's Historia Animalium iv. 961 Seetode id est rubetam marinam Anglicè. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1885) III. 319 An haddocke, a Roucote, the sea tad. 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. 186 The Rana Piscatrix or Sea-Toad found frequently in the River Wire in Lancashire. b. U.S. The sculpin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Cottus (bull-head) sea-dragon1551 gull-head1611 sculpin1672 bullhead1674 mud catfish1818 sea-toad1884 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 258 On our Atlantic coast are found several species of this family [Cottidæ], generally known by the name ‘Sculpin’, and also by such titles as..‘Sea-toad’, and ‘Pig-fish’. c. ‘The toadfish, Batrachus tau’ (Cent. Dict. 1891). †2. ? Some kind of starfish. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > unspecified and miscellaneous types five-foot1659 rose1668 five-finger1678 sun shellfish1688 urchin starfish1688 sea-toad1710 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 54 Stella Marina squamosa; the Fishers call it the Sea-Toad, for that in Colour it resembleth a Toad. 3. The great spider-crab (see quot. 1857). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Maiideae (spider-crab) MaiaOE frill1611 sea spider1666 spider-crab1710 king crab1815 maian1839 majoid1852 spider1853 sea-toad1857 1857 A. White Pop. Hist. Brit. Crustacea 22 The Hyas... Mr. Gordon says that the fishermen there [i.e. at Moray Firth] call it ‘sea-tead’, that is sea-toad. 4. ? nonce-use. A turtle. ΚΠ 1755 D. Garrick Prol. in J. Brown Barbarossa sig. A2 He eat a great Sea-Toad! It came from Indies—'twas as big as me, He call'd it Belly-patch' and Capapee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1558
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