Definition of globefish Globefish

globe•fish

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Noun

globefish - 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
  puffer, pufferfish, blowfish
  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
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  • globefish (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.

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  • globefish, noun.

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