Globefish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various fishes, especially the ocean sunfish or puffer, having or capable of assuming a globular shape.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See diodon.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A gymnodont plectognath fish of either of the families Tetrodontidæ and Diodontidæ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plectognath    plectognath fish   
    Variant
    globefishes    porcupine fish    sea hedgehog    diodon   
     
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