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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swellfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Swellfish
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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