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 • Syn: puffer, pufferfish, blowfish • Derivationally related forms: puff (for: puffer) • Hypernyms: plectognath, plectognath fish • Member Holonyms: Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidae • Part Meronyms: blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish
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