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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

Any marine fish of the genus

Batrachus

, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (

Batrachus tau

) is very common in shallow water. Called also

oyster fish

, and

sapo

(b)

The angler.

(c)

A swellfish.

Noun.

[toad and fish.] A fish of the genus Lophius, the fishing frog.