Bur fish

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:16:58

Bur" fish` (?). Zool.

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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