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
toadfish in American English
(ˈtoʊdˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈtoadˌfish or ˈtoadˌfishes
any of an order (Batrachoidiformes) of scaleless bony fishes with a broad, froglike head, found in shallows off the Atlantic coast of North America