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midshipman: see toadfish toadfish, common name for the sluggish, bottom-feeding fishes of the genus Opsanus, found in the shallow waters from New Jersey to the Caribbean. Toadfishes feed almost entirely on crustaceans and small fishes.
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midshipman

any of several American toadfishes of the genus Porichthys, having small light-producing organs on the undersurface of their bodies

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