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单词 toadfish
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Definition of toadfish in English:

toadfish

nounPlural toadfishesˈtəʊdfɪʃˈtoʊdˌfɪʃ
  • Any of a number of fishes with a wide flattened head.

    Australian term for pufferfish

    a chiefly bottom-dwelling large-mouthed fish of warm seas that can produce loud grunts (family Batrachoididae: several genera).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Understanding the mechanisms of how the toadfish survives these toxins will help us develop therapies for stroke, liver disease, heart attack and brain injury,’ said Perez.
    • You look at this fish that has a face only a mother toadfish could love.
    • Accordingly, the swimbladder itself is the source of the most complex forms of sound production in many groups (e.g. toadfishes, searobins and flying gurnards).
    • There were plenty of unusual sightings - I came across dwarf lionfish, stonefish, toadfish, frogfish and a six-striped soapfish, which I later discovered to be quite a toxic species.
    • While toadfish and their swimbladder muscles continue to grow throughout life, the cells appear to continue to divide and remain relatively small.
 
 

Definition of toadfish in US English:

toadfish

nounˈtoʊdˌfɪʃˈtōdˌfiSH
  • Any of a number of fishes with a wide flattened head.

    a chiefly bottom-dwelling large-mouthed fish of warm seas that can produce loud grunts (family Batrachoididae: several genera)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While toadfish and their swimbladder muscles continue to grow throughout life, the cells appear to continue to divide and remain relatively small.
    • You look at this fish that has a face only a mother toadfish could love.
    • Accordingly, the swimbladder itself is the source of the most complex forms of sound production in many groups (e.g. toadfishes, searobins and flying gurnards).
    • There were plenty of unusual sightings - I came across dwarf lionfish, stonefish, toadfish, frogfish and a six-striped soapfish, which I later discovered to be quite a toxic species.
    • ‘Understanding the mechanisms of how the toadfish survives these toxins will help us develop therapies for stroke, liver disease, heart attack and brain injury,’ said Perez.
 
 
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