swellfish
English
Etymology
swell + fish
Noun
swellfish (plural swellfishes or swellfish)
- (zoology) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, such as the pufferfish.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for swellfish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)