(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:02:16

Bal*loon" fish` (?). Zool.

A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

 

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