globefish

globe·fish

G0152900 (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.

globefish

(ˈɡləʊbˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) another name for puffer², porcupine fish

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. [1620–30]

Thesaurus

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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 puffersblowfish, puffer, pufferfishplectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spinesfamily Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontidae - puffersblowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver