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swell⋅fish
[swel-fish] 
–noun, plural (especially collectively
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | puffer (def. 2). |
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| puff·er (pŭf'ər) n. Any of various prickly, often poisonous, chiefly marine fishes of the family Tetraodontidae that are capable of puffing up by swallowing water or air. Also called blowfish, swellfish. |
| swell·fish (swěl'fĭsh') n. pl. swellfish or swell·fish·es See puffer. |
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Swellfish
Swell"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.
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