Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A globefish; a fish of the order Plectognathi and suborder Gymnodontes, as the tropical Tetraodon lineatus, or striped spine-belly, or a species of one of the genera Triodon and Diodon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Diodon (such as
Diodon holocanthus ) or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. It is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish. Seeglobefish , andbur fish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fish of thegenus Diodon orTetraodon , capable ofdistending its body by taking air or water into itsdilatable esophagus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
Etymologies
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balloon + fish
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What it is: One of a family of marine or estuarine fish known as Tetraodontidae whichincludesmany familiar species variously called puffers, puffer fish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish and toadfish.
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