different between toadfish vs blowie

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

English

Etymology

From blow +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

Noun

blowie (plural blowies)

1. (sex, slang) A blow job.
   • 2008, Shane Lindemoen, Empire Dirt, Fallen Publishing, page 91:

     "I said," my friend says on the phone, "I can call the cops and have you arrested or you can give me a blowie."

   • 2010, Zoe Foster, Playing the Field, Round 23: The Enchantress vs The Press, unnumbered page,

     ‘A brothel. Anyway, they got kicked out ?cos one of them – not Josh – took photos on his mobile of some bird giving him a blowie, and she flipped out.’

2. (Australia, slang) A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
   • 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 50:

     Mouths are clamped shut to keep out blowies, with a slit at the corner prised open in case speech - preferably laconic - is necessary; miseries are borne with a stoical shrug.

3. (Australia, slang) The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni.

Anagrams

• lowbie