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GLOBEFISH (globefishes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does globefish mean? 

GLOBEFISH (noun)
  The noun GLOBEFISH has 1 sense:

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 puffersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GLOBEFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish

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

plectognath; plectognath fish (tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines)

Meronyms (parts of "globefish"):

blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)

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

family Tetraodontidae; Tetraodontidae (puffers)


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