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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.
puffernounAny of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
globefishnounAny of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
puff-fishnounSynonym of pufferfish.
swelltoadnounAny of the genus Cyclichthys of blowfishes.
jugfishnounThe swellfish or swelltoad.
blowfishnounA 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 fishnounAlternative 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.]
balloonfishnounThe pufferfish; blowfish
penfishnounA squid.
plectognathnounAny fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.
sweetlipsnounAny member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.
blowernounAny device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
poutnounA fit of sulking or sullenness.
bellowfishnounAlternative form of bellowsfish. [A fish in the genus Notopogon, resembling a bellows in shape.]
pleuropholidnounAny extinct fish of the genus †Pleuropholis
burfishnounAlternative 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.]
botetenounA pufferfish of the genus Sphoeroides.
poolfishnounAny fish that inhabits a pool or pond
pipefishnounA 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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