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Webster 1913 Edition
Globefish
Globe′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
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
.