Found 2 hits - Term: diodon holocanthus, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
balloonfish \balloon"fish`\, balloon fish \balloon" fish`\
zool.
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.
1913 webster + wordnet 1.5
see also:
diodon diodon holocanthus tetraodon globefish bur fish
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
diodon holocanthus
n : similar to but smaller than porcupinefish syn: balloonfish
see also:
balloonfish
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