Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Globefish \Globe"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon} of the family
{Tetraodontidae}; -- called also {blower},
{puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}. They are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, {tetrodotoxin}.
Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
(b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
globefish
n 1: 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}, {globefish}]
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