1) Spiny puffer
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• A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.
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Bur' fish` (Zoology) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp.
Chilo mycterus geometricus ) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also
ball fish ,
balloon fish , and
swellfish .
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USS Burrfish was an American submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Burrfish was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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[
n] - any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
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noun any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
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any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
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