"burfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burfishes [plural], burfish [plural]
Etymology: From bur + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bur|fish}} bur + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|burfish}} burfish (plural burfishes or burfish)
  1. A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur. Categories (lifeform): Tetraodontiforms
    Sense id: en-burfish-en-noun-rOG~n-aO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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