What is "toadfish"

Angler \An"gler\, n.

1. One who angles.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish ( Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

n. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family ''(taxlink Batrachoididae family noshow=1)'', benthic ambush predators.

1. n. bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth [syn: Opsanus tau]

2. [also: toadfishes (pl)]

Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance.