💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Burrfish"
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| porcupine fishnoun | Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened. |
| porcupine puffernoun | A pufferfish of the families Diodontidae or Tetraodontidae. |
| urchin fishnoun | A porcupine fish. |
| burfishnoun | Alternative spelling of burrfish [Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.] |
| sea porcupinenoun | Any porcupine fish of the genus Diodon. |
| porcupinefishnoun | blowfish |
| pineapplenoun | The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core. |
| pigfishnoun | Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish. |
| boxfishnoun | Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes. |
| boarfishnoun | Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families: |
| pipefishnoun | A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout. |
| nibblernoun | Someone who nibbles (in various senses). |
| sandfishnoun | Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds |
| cowfishnoun | Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. |
| pinecone fishnoun | A beryciform marine fish of the family Monocentridae, with a rounded, compressed body covered in strong plate-like scales fortified with ridges. |
| cutlassfishnoun | A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance. |
| sparoidnoun | Any fish of the family Sparidae. |
| billfishnoun | Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw. |
| botetenoun | A pufferfish of the genus Sphoeroides. |
| sabrefishnoun | The fish Pelecus cultratus. |
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