Definition of Swellfish

1. n. Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.

Definition of Swellfish

1. Noun. (zoology) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, such as the pufferfish. ¹

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Definition of Swellfish

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Swellfish

swelchies
swell
swell box
swell organ
swell up
swellable
swelldom
swelldoms
swelled
swelled head
swellegant
sweller
swellers
swellest
swelleth
swellfish (current term)
swellfishes
swellhead
swellheaded
swellheadedness
swellheads
swelling
swelling soil
swellingly
swellings
swellish
swells
swelltoad
swelltoads
swelp

Literary usage of Swellfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"2. Paucity of Types. There are found in the rivers of South America representatives of many marine fishes. Soles, swellfish, stingrays ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"See swellfish. BOTTLE-GLASS. See GLASS. BOTTLE-GOURD (gourd used for making bottles; see below), ..."

3. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"These results were confirmed in work on the dogfish, (Mustelus), by Sheldon (1911) and on the swellfish, (Spheroides), by Copeland (1912). ..."

4. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"These results were confirmed in work on the dogfish, (Mustelus), by Sheldon (1911) and on the swellfish, (Spheroides), by Copeland (1912). ..."

5. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"The Olfactory Reactions of the Puffer or swellfish. Jour. Exp. Zool., vol. 12, pp. 363-368. ^ COPELAND, M. 1913. The Olfactory Reactions of the Spotted Newt ..."

6. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"FUNNIEST OF FISHES •"THIS is the "swellfish"—familiar enough to anglers in our southern waters because of a habit of getting on the hook when it is not ..."

7. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"2. Paucity of Types. There are found in the rivers of South America representatives of many marine fishes. Soles, swellfish, stingrays ..."

8. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"See swellfish. BOTTLE-GLASS. See GLASS. BOTTLE-GOURD (gourd used for making bottles; see below), ..."

9. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"These results were confirmed in work on the dogfish, (Mustelus), by Sheldon (1911) and on the swellfish, (Spheroides), by Copeland (1912). ..."

10. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"These results were confirmed in work on the dogfish, (Mustelus), by Sheldon (1911) and on the swellfish, (Spheroides), by Copeland (1912). ..."

11. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"The Olfactory Reactions of the Puffer or swellfish. Jour. Exp. Zool., vol. 12, pp. 363-368. ^ COPELAND, M. 1913. The Olfactory Reactions of the Spotted Newt ..."

12. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"FUNNIEST OF FISHES •"THIS is the "swellfish"—familiar enough to anglers in our southern waters because of a habit of getting on the hook when it is not ..."

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