Meanings
plural globefishes
- Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
Fugu, the blowfish or globefish, offers taste, health and adventure in every bite.
1981 November 29, Steve Lohr, “ONE MAN'S FUGU IS ANOTHER'S POISON”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Mar 20211 more example
Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.
2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishglobe
- Proto-Indo-European*péysks
- Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
- Proto-West Germanic*fisk
- Old Englishfisċ
- Middle Englishfisch
- Englishfish
- Englishglobefish
Cite this entry
globefish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globefish
“globefish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globefish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “globefish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globefish.
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