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Batrachus tau
Sarpo Sar"po, n. [Corruption of Sp. sapo a toad.] (Zo["o]l.) A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).
Batrachus tau
Toadfish Toad"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (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.
Megalobatrachus maximus
Giant Gi"ant, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. Giant clam (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. Giant heron (Zo["o]l.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. Giant salamander (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. Giant squid (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

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- ) listed for C. batrachus, may be for the closely related species that have been confused with true C. batrachus. True C. batrachus, C. magur and the...
- Asterophysus batrachus, the gulper catfish or ogre catfish, is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Auchenipteridae. It is native to...
- Batrachoididae Subfamily: Batrachoidinae Genus: Batrachoides Lacépède, 1800 Type species Batrachoides tau Lacepède 1800 Synonyms Batrachus Bloch & Schneider, 1801...
- India and Bangladesh. It was recognized as species distinct from Clarias batrachus in 2008. Clarias magur is eaten in Bangladesh and West Bengal as magur...
- Ops**** Species: O. beta Binomial name Ops**** beta (Goode & Bean, 1880) Synonyms Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880 Ops**** vandeuseni Fowler, 1939...
- subspecies of Lophius histrio), Malthe (incl. Lophius vespertilio), and Batrachus within this family. Translations of this work into English and Latin renderred...
- illness that may persist for up to a w****. A study of the holotype of Batrachus uranoscopus, said to be a freshwater toadfish from Madagascar, in the...
- tor mahseer (Tor tor), rohu (Labeo rohita), walking catfish (Clarias batrachus), pangas catfish (Pangasius pangasius), goonch catfish (Bagarius), snakeheads...
- airbreathing capacity of these fish has allowed such fish as Clarias batrachus to be an invasive species in Florida. Amphibious fish Nelson, Joseph S...
- in fisheries and fish culture. Clarias catfish and primarily Clarias batrachus (walking catfish) have been introduced to many different areas of the...