[swel-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | puffer (def. 2). |
| 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. |