Associations to the word «Burrfish»

Wiktionary

BURRFISH, noun. Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae, distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.

Dictionary definition

BURRFISH, noun. Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines.

Wise words

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