A name applied, from their appearance, to several distinct fishes; esp. (a) a swell-fish, or puffer, spec. Tetrodon turgidus, the common puffer…

any of various fishes that have (or can assume) a near-spherical or very stout form, esp. one of the family Tetraodontidae or Diodontidae, which…

A name for various small worthless fish having a spiny appearance: (a) a fish of the genus Callionymus, e.g. C. draco; (b) a fish of the genus Cottus…

The globe-fish or other diodont fish; so called from having erectile spines.

a swell, globe, or orb-fish.

= puffer, n. 6.

In full puffer fish. Any of various stout-bodied marine and freshwater globefishes, esp. of the family Tetraodontidae, which inflate themselves…

any of various puffer fishes (families Tetraodontidae and Diodontidae).

a fish that inflates itself by swallowing air, also called puffer or puff-fish (see puff, n. adj.compounds 1).

(Also tambor.) A fish which makes a drumming noise, or which resembles a drum in form; as a fish of the genus Pogonias, a drum-fish; a globe-fish…

A fish that inflates itself by swallowing air; also called puffer fish at puffer, n. 6, puff-fish n. at puff, n. adj.compounds 2, or swell-fish n. at…

A puff-fish: see puff, n. adj.compounds 1.