globefish

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From globe +‎ fish.

Noun

globefish (plural globefishes or globefish)

  1. Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
    • 1981 November 29, Steve Lohr, “ONE MAN'S FUGU IS ANOTHER'S POISON”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 8 March 2021:
      Fugu, the blowfish or globefish, offers taste, health and adventure in every bite.
    • 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎[2], archived from the original on 1 January 2021:
      Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.

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