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noun
Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: puffer, pufferfish, blowfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plectognath, plectognath fish
History
Etymology tree English globe Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English globefish From globe + fish.
