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Webster 1913 Edition
Bur fish
Bur′ fishˊ
.(Zool.)
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
.