| 单词 | american toad-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAmerican toad-fish A name applied, from their appearance, to several distinct fishes; esp. (a) a swell-fish, or puffer, spec. Tetrodon turgidus, the common puffer of the Atlantic coast of the United States; also, a fish belonging to any of numerous other species of the family Tetraodontidæ, many of which are poisonous; (b) the sea-devil, fishing-frog, angler, or wide-gab, Lophius piscatorius; (c) American toad-fish, the oyster-fish (Sapo of the Portuguese), Batrachus tau, of the Atlantic coast of U.S.A.; (d) Brazilian toad-fish, Chilomycterus geometricus; (e) poisonous toad-fish, Thalassophryne, also species of Tetrodon; (f) The mouse-fish, Antennarius histrio, or other species of Antennarius. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > member of genus Antennarius toad-fish1612 mousefish1818 walking fish1840 frogfish1931 frog1985 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > family Lophiidae > lophius piscatorius (angler) frogfish1598 frog1601 sea-fisher1601 sea-frog1601 friar1603 toad-fish1612 catfish1620 sea-angler1653 devil fish1666 monkfish1666 nass-fish1666 angler1776 pocket-fish1796 kettle-mawa1798 wide-gab1807 anglerfish1854 round robin1880 dragon- the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Tetraodontidae (puffers) > tetrodon or toad-fish toad-fish1612 bladder-fish1771 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Diodontidae (porcupine-fishes) > member of toad-fish1612 globe fish1668 sculpin1672 sea-hedgehog1711 sea-orb1774 puff-fish1807 puffer1814 balloonfish1834 swell-fish1839 tambour1854 swallow1876 blaasop1947 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Tetraodontidae (puffers) > tetrodon or toad-fish > Brazilian toad-fish1612 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 15 The Todefish which will swell till it be like to brust, when it commeth into the aire. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) vi. 534/1 There are many venomous Fishes upon that Coast [sc. Brazil], as namely the Toad-fish, of a small bigness. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 130 Rana piscatrix..the Monk, Toad, Nass, or Devil-Fish, or Fishing-Frog. ?1703 J. Petiver Gazophylacii II. 31 Piscis Brasilianus cornutus. The American Toad-Fish. ?1703 J. Petiver Gazophylacii II. 31 The Brasil Toad-Fish..found on the shores of Brasil, and several other Coasts of the West-Indies. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 618/1 At Powderham, Devonshire, a Toad-Fish was thrown ashore; it is 4 Foot long, has a Head like a Toad,..and the Mouth opens 12 Inches wide. 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) ii. 61 The only fish taken since we have been in muddy ground were two toad fish (Diodon) and several eels. 1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) vii. 342 The Toad-fishes, or Anglers (Antennarius), whose pectoral and ventral fins have much of the form and also the functions of the feet of a quadruped. 1860 Richardson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. (1861) V. 213 The Toad-fish of the Cape is a Diodon. 1860 Jameson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. (1861) V. 213 A poisonous fish, known at the Cape by the name of the Toad- or Bladder-fish. 1871 G. Bennett in New S. Wales Med. Gaz. I. 176 (title) On the ‘toad fish’..of New South Wales. 1923 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 1 Dec. 572/1 The toad fish belongs to the genus Tetraodon of which a number of species are known to be poisonous. 1974 J. M. Thomson Fish of Ocean & Shore xv. 162 The common toadfish or toado..has a splotchy brown or green coat. < as lemmas |
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