💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Swellfish"
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| pufferfishnoun | (uncountable) The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu. |
| puffernoun | Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger. |
| globefishnoun | Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe. |
| puff-fishnoun | Synonym of pufferfish. |
| swelltoadnoun | Any of the genus Cyclichthys of blowfishes. |
| jugfishnoun | The swellfish or swelltoad. |
| blowfishnoun | A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins. |
| blow fishnoun | Alternative form of blowfish. [Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.] |
| balloonfishnoun | The pufferfish; blowfish |
| penfishnoun | A squid. |
| plectognathnoun | Any fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. |
| sweetlipsnoun | Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips. |
| blowernoun | Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger. |
| poutnoun | A fit of sulking or sullenness. |
| bellowfishnoun | Alternative form of bellowsfish. [A fish in the genus Notopogon, resembling a bellows in shape.] |
| pleuropholidnoun | Any extinct fish of the genus †Pleuropholis |
| 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.] |
| botetenoun | A pufferfish of the genus Sphoeroides. |
| poolfishnoun | Any fish that inhabits a pool or pond |
| 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. |
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