'ball fish' definitions:

Definition of 'ball fish'

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  • Bur fish \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. [1913 Webster]

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