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sea toads

sea toads is the plural of sea toad.

Meaning of sea toad

Noun

sea toad (plural sea toads)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) 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
  2. (archaic, dialectal) 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

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Sea toads is the plural of sea toad.

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