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globefish
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Globefish
(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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globefish
(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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globefish
(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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Globefish
(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.
[1913 Webster]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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globefishes
(gcide) | Diodon \Di"o*don\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the
teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate.
They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or
water, and, hence, are called globefishes,
swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and
sea hedgehogs.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of whales.
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