ˌte.trəōˈdäntəˌdē, -rēō- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Tetraodont-, Tetraodon, type genus + -idae
: a family of tropical marine fishes comprising the puffers and with the ocean sunfishes and a few other related forms constituting a distinct suborder of the Plectognathi — see globefish