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globe·fish
(glōb′fĭsh′)n. pl. globefish or globe·fish·es
Any of various fishes, especially an ocean sunfish or a pufferfish, having or capable of assuming a globular shape.
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globefish
(ˈɡləʊbˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
(Animals) another name for puffer2, porcupine fish
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puff•er
(ˈpʌf ər)n.
1. a person or thing that puffs.
2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various spiny fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() plectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines family Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontidae - puffers blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver |
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