Definition of "globefish" []

• Any of various fishes, especially the ocean sunfish or puffer, having or capable of assuming a globular shape. (noun)

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• "Tetrodotoxin is a powerful neurotoxin found in the skin, liver, ovary, intestine and muscle of the pufferfish species (globefish, blowfish, balloon fish, toadfish)."
• "We were then treated to a lavish lunch of globefish, tapertail anchovies, and more than a dozen other delicacies."
• "What it is: One of a family of marine or estuarine fish known as Tetraodontidae whichincludesmany familiar species variously called puffers, puffer fish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish and toadfish."