| NOUN | animal | globefish, puffer, pufferfish, blowfish | any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe |
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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. | |
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| Synonyms | puffer, pufferfish, blowfish | |
| Member of | Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidae | puffers |
| Parts | blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish | delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver |
| Broader | plectognath, plectognath fish | Tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines |
| Spanish | pez globo | |
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