sea toad
sea toad noun: any marine animal of toad-like appearance, such as sculpins (Cottidae spp.), toadfish, anglerfish (Lophiiformes spp.), frogfish (Antennarius spp.), Antarctic ascidian (Cnemidocarpa verrucosa), Australian spider crabs (Gonatorhynchus tumidus), and pufferfish.
Noun
sea toad (plural sea toads)
- Any marine animal of toad-like appearance, such as sculpins (Cottidae spp.), toadfish, anglerfish (Lophiiformes spp.), frogfish (Antennarius spp.), Antarctic ascidian (Cnemidocarpa verrucosa), Australian spider crabs (Gonatorhynchus tumidus), and pufferfish.
- At Plate IV. fig. 2, may be seen a figure of another species, the Harper Crab, or Sea Toad (Hyas araneus). As its latter name implies, this creature belongs to the group known as Spider Crabs.1880, JG Wood, The fresh and salt-water aquarium
- The advantage which the sea-toad derives from standing on this head comes from the fact that it has its mouth nearest to the fish it wishes to catch. By opening its mouth very wide and sucking in the water about it, the Antennarius is often able to catch small fish in a current which carries them...1910, F. K. Noyes, “Fishes that Fish”, in The Volta Review, page 174
- Any fish of family Chaunacidae (frogmouths, coffinfishes).
- Figure 200. Orange sea toad Chaunax fimbriatus on sediment and basalt1998, Edith H. Chave, Alexander Malahoff, In Deeper Waters: Photographic Studies of Hawaiian Deep-Sea Habitats and Life-Forms, page 75
- A rare anglerfish or sea toad (Chaunacidae: Bathychaunax coloratus), measuring 20.5 cm in total length […].2004, M Gianni, High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: options for international action
sea toad meaning in Tamil
sea toad in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Examples of sea toad in a sentence
- I recognized two types: the crapaud du mer, or sea toad (Sphoeroides testudineus L., Sphoeroides spengleri Bloch), and the poisson fufu, or fufu fish (Diodon hystrix L., Diodon holacanthus L.)2000, Wade Davis, Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie, page 110:
- For instance, a few decades ago, monkfish was not valued in some areas, where it was called sea toad and sold for very cheap prices.2001, R Flecha, J Gómez, L Puigvert, “Chapter 8: Interactionism”, in Counterpoints, volume 250, pages 57–61:
- Aristotle used vernacular names or names borrowed from terrestrial animals, such as mule, wolf or “sea toad”2023, G DeBucquet, “Consumer Perceptions of “Fish” Food”, in Current Challenges for the Aquatic Products:
- One specimen of A. spongiophila was found in the gill cavity of the sea toad Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978.2011, Nobuhiro Saito, Tomomi Saito, “New record of Aegiochus spongiophila (Semper) (Isopoda: Aegidae), inhabiting the hexactinellid sponge...
Forms of sea toad
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Words formed from sea toad
- Suttkus sea toad
Questions about sea toad
- What does sea toad mean?
- Sea toad means any marine animal of toad-like appearance, such as sculpins (Cottidae spp.), toadfish, anglerfish (Lophiiformes spp.), frogfish (Antennarius spp.), Antarctic ascidian (Cnemidocarpa verrucosa), Australian spider crabs (Gonatorhynchus tumidus), and pufferfish.
- What is sea toad in Tamil?
- Sea toad in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sea toad meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use sea toad in a sentence?
- I recognized two types: the crapaud du mer, or sea toad (Sphoeroides testudineus L., Sphoeroides spengleri Bloch), and the poisson fufu, or fufu fish (Diodon hystrix L., Diodon holacanthus L.)
- What part of speech is sea toad?
- Sea toad is a noun.
- What is the plural of sea toad?
- The plural of sea toad is sea toads.
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