toadon.
/ˈtəʊdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtoʊˌdoʊ/, Australian English /ˈtoʊdoʊ/ Australian.
A poisonous puffer-fish of the family Tetraodontidæ.
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1943 G. P. Whitley in Bull. Council Sci. & Industrial Res. (Australia) CLIX. 8 Australia alone has more than 30 different species of Toadoes.
1953 Copeia i.32/2 The terms ‘tetrodon’, fugu, globefish, toad-fish, toado, and puffer poisoning are synonymous.
1965 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 11 Sept. 2/1 Few fish in the sea..pack such deadly poison as the Toadoes.
1974 J. M. Thomson Fish of Ocean & Shore xv. 162 The common toadfish or toado..has a splotchy brown or green coat.
1974 J. M. Thomson Fish of Ocean & Shore xv. 162 The silver-cheeked toadfish or giant toado..attains a metre in length.
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