Akademik

balloonfish

noun

similar to but smaller than porcupinefish

• Syn: ↑Diodon holocanthus

• Hypernyms: ↑spiny puffer

• Member Holonyms: ↑Diodon, ↑genus Diodon

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\\ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: so called from its ability to distend its body

: globefish

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/beuh loohn"fish'/, n., pl. balloonfishes, (esp. collectively) balloonfish.

a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.

[1825-35; BALLOON + FISH]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.