GLOBEFISH

Meaning of GLOBEFISH in English

(n.) 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 — noun Date: 1668 puffer fish 1
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GLOBEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of numerous chiefly tropical marine fishes forming the family Tetraodontidae of the order Plectognathi which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLOBEFISH — ( n. ) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOBEFISH — /glohb"fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) globefish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOBEFISH — n. any species of fish which inflates its extended body with water until it is spherical (as a form of …
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GLOBEFISH — noun Date: 1668 : puffer fish 1
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GLOBEFISH — noun a plectognath fish of the genera diodon, tetrodon, and allied genera. the globefishes can suck in water or air …
Webster English vocab
GLOBEFISH — ■ noun ( plural same or ~es ) a pufferfish or a porcupine fish.
Concise Oxford English vocab
GLOBEFISH — [globe.fish] n (1668): puffer 2a
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GLOBEFISH — globefish BrE AmE ˈɡləʊb fɪʃ AmE \ ˈɡloʊb- ▷ globefish|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GLOBEFISH — n. Pronunciation: ' gl ō b- ˌ fish Function: noun Date: 1668 : PUFFER FISH 1
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TOBY — I. ˈtōbē, -bi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Shelta tobar, probably modification of Irish Gaelic bōthar Britain : street , …
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TOADO — ˈtō(ˌ)dō noun ( plural toadoes or toados ) Etymology: toad (I) + -o Australia : globefish
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TOADFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of various marine fishes having jugular pelvic fins, a large thick head, a wide mouth, …
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TETRAODONTIDAE — ˌte.trəōˈdäntəˌdē, -rēō- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Tetraodont-, Tetraodon, type genus + -idae : a family of …
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SWELLTOAD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : globefish
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SWELLFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : globefish
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SWELLBELLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : globefish ; especially : a common fish ( Sphoeroides maculatus ) of the Atlantic coast of No. …
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SEA HEDGEHOG — noun 1. : sea urchin 2. : globefish
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RABBITFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rabbit + fish; from the rabbitlike nose 1. : a chimaera ( Chimaera monstrosa ) having a …
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PUFFER — ˈpəfə(r) noun ( -s ) 1. a. : one that emits puffs: as (1) : smoker 1b (2) chiefly Scotland …
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OOPUHUE — ōˌōpəˈhüē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Hawaiian 'o'opu-hue, from 'o'opu gobioid fish + hue gourd Hawaii : globefish
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BURRFISH — noun also burfish ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ : a spiny globefish : porcupine fish
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BOTETE — bōˈtād.ē noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish : globefish
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BLAASOP — ˈbläˌsäp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Afrikaans, from blaas (imperative of blaas to blow, from Middle Dutch blāsen ) + …
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BELLOWS FISH — noun 1. : any of several fishes (family Macrorhamphosidae) having a deep compressed body and long tubular snout — called …
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BALLOONFISH — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its ability to distend its body : globefish
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SEA-ORB — (n.) A globefish.
Английский словарь Webster
PUFFER — (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, …
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GYMNODONT — (n.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony …
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BALLOON FISH — () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking …
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SEA-ORB — ( n. ) A globefish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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