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swellfish
(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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Swellfish
(gcide) | Swellfish \Swell"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish,
puffer, or diodon.
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swellfish
(gcide) | Bur fish \Bur" fish`\ (Zool.)
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the
United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the
power of distending its body with water or air, so as to
resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, {balloon
fish}, and swellfish.
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Swellfish
(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.
[1913 Webster]Swellfish \Swell"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish,
puffer, or diodon.
[1913 Webster]Bur fish \Bur" fish`\ (Zool.)
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the
United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the
power of distending its body with water or air, so as to
resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, {balloon
fish}, and swellfish.
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swellfishes
(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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