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BURRFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does burrfish mean?
• BURRFISH (noun)
The noun BURRFISH has 1 sense:
1. any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
Familiarity information: BURRFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("burrfish" is a kind of...):
spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)
Holonyms ("burrfish" is a member of...):
Chilomycterus; genus Chilomycterus (burrfishes)
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