different between predator vs toadfish

English

Alternative forms

• prædator (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praed?tor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?.t??/

Noun

predator (plural predators)

1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
3. A sexual predator.

Related terms

• predation
• predatory
• prey

Translations

Anagrams

• parroted, prorated, protrade, rope dart, teardrop

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?da?tor/
• Hyphenation: pre?da?tor

Noun

prèd?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. predator

Declension

English

Etymology

toad +? fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.

Noun

toadfish (plural toadfish or toadfishes)

1. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
   1. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
   2. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
      1. The banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
      2. The blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
      3. The common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
      4. The prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
      5. The red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
      6. The smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
   3. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
      1. The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
      2. The frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
      3. The pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)

Usage notes

• For information on the choice of plural, see fish.

Translations

See also

• frogfish