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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 globe·fish /ˈglobˌfɪʃ/
 河豚

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 globe·fish /ˈglobˌfɪʃ/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Globe·fish n. Zool. A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 globefish
      n : any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can
          inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several
          species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to
          spiny puffers [syn: puffer, blowfish]
      [also: globefishes (pl)]