sea toad

noun2

1. •
   Any fish of family Chaunacidae (frogmouths, coffinfishes).

   • A rare anglerfish or sea toad (Chaunacidae: Bathychaunax coloratus), measuring 20.5 cm in total length […]. — 2004
2. •
   (dialect, no longer used) 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.

   • 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. — 1880