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swellfish

swellfish


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swellfish  \Swell"fish`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  plectognath  fish  that  dilates  itself  as  the  bur  fish, 
  puffer,  or  diodon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puffer  \Puff"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  puffs;  one  who  praises  with  noisy  or  extravagant 
  commendation. 
 
  2.  One  who  is  employed  by  the  owner  or  seller  of  goods  sold 
  at  suction  to  bid  up  the  price;  a  by-bidder.  --Bouvier. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Any  plectognath  fish  which  inflates  its  body,  as  the 
  species  of  {Tetrodon}  and  {Diodon};  --  called  also 
  {blower},  {puff-fish},  {swellfish},  and  {globefish}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bur  fish  \Bur"  fish`\  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  spinose,  plectognath  fish  of  the  Allantic  coast  of  the 
  United  States  (esp.  {Chilo  mycterus  geometricus})  having  the 
  power  of  distending  its  body  with  water  or  air,  so  as  to 
  resemble  a  chestnut  bur;  --  called  also  {ball  fish},  {balloon 
  fish},  and  {swellfish}.