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GLOBEFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: globefishes   

 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish

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Nouns denoting animals

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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