Globefish - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: globefishGlobefish
A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon Tetrodon and allied genera The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form Called also porcupine fish and sea hedgehog See Diodon...
balloonfish
A fish of the genus Diodon such as Diodon holocanthus or the genus Tetraodon having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus It is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish See Globefish and Bur fish...
Diodon
A genus of spinose plectognath fishes having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water and hence are called globefishes swellfishes etc Called also porcupine fishes and sea hedgehogs...
Gymnodont
One of a group of plectognath fishes Gymnodontes having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw as the diodonts and tetradonts See Bur fish Globefish Diodon...
Sea orb
A globefish...
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