noun, plural (especially collectively) toad·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) toad·fish·es.
- any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish), ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- puffer(def 2).
noun plural -fish or -fishes
- 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