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BURRFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burrfish mean? 

BURRFISH (noun)
  The noun BURRFISH has 1 sense:

1. any of several fishes having rigid flattened spinesplay

  Familiarity information: BURRFISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURRFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("burrfish" is a kind of...):

spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)

Holonyms ("burrfish" is a member of...):

Chilomycterus; genus Chilomycterus (burrfishes)


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