Meaning of sea toad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   archaic, dialectal
2. Any fish of family Chaunacidae (frogmouths, coffinfishes).
   archaic, dialectal

Examples

“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.”

“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 directly into its maw […].”

“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.)”

“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.”

“Formerly, they could also accommodate parts considered as waste, such as heads of sea-toad (Lophius piscatorius, L.) to do soaps.”

“Aristotle used vernacular names or names borrowed from terrestrial animals, such as mule, wolf or “sea toad””

“Figure 200. Orange sea toad Chaunax fimbriatus on sediment and basalt”

“A rare anglerfish or sea toad (Chaunacidae: Bathychaunax coloratus), measuring 20.5 cm in total length […].”

“The aegid isopod Aegiochus spongiophila (Semper, 1867) was recorded from Japanese waters for the first time. The specimens were collected from off Makurazaki, southern Kyushu, Japan, mainly inhabiting the cavity of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella oweni Herklots & Marshall, 1868. One specimen of A. spongiophila was found in the gill cavity of the sea toad Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978.”

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