"balloonfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balloonfishes [plural], balloonfish [plural]
Etymology: balloon + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|balloon|fish}} balloon + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|balloonfish}} balloonfish (plural balloonfishes or balloonfish)
  1. The pufferfish; blowfish Wikipedia link: Tetraodontidae Categories (lifeform): Tetraodontiforms Synonyms (genus Diodon): diodont, porcupinefish

Inflected forms

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