Definition of Tetraodontidae

1. Noun. Puffers.

Exact synonyms: Family Tetraodontidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Plectognathi, Order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi
Member holonyms: Blowfish, Globefish, Puffer, Pufferfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetraodontidae

Tetradites
Tetragonia
Tetragonia expansa
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Tetragoniaceae
Tetragonurus
Tetragrammaton
Tetrahymena
Tetrameres
Tetraneuris
Tetraneuris acaulis
Tetraneuris grandiflora
Tetranychidae
Tetrao
Tetrao urogallus
Tetraodontidae (current term)
Tetraonidae
Tetrapturus
Tetratrichomonas
Tetris
Tetris effect
Tetrises
Tetrislike
Tettigoniidae
Tetum
Teucrian
Teucrium
Teucrium canadense
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium marum

Literary usage of Tetraodontidae

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

1. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"These fishes together with the Tetraodontidae, or broad-nosed puffers, are unsightly in appearance. Among seamen they are generally designated puff toads as ..."

2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"These fishes together with the Tetraodontidae, or broad-nosed puffers, are unsightly in appearance. ..."

3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"These fishes together with the Tetraodontidae, or broad-nosed puffers, are unsightly in appearance. Among seamen they are generally designated puff toads as ..."

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