Tetraodontidae — Taxobox name = Puffer fish or blow fish image width = 240px image caption = White spotted puffer, Arothron hispidus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Tetraodontiformes familia =… … Wikipedia
Tetraodontidae — noun puffers • Syn: ↑family Tetraodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodontiformes … Useful english dictionary
Tetraodontidae — Tet·ra·odon·ti·dae (tet″rə o donґtĭ de) a family of bony tropical marine fish, including puffers and sunfish; it includes the genera Fugu, Sphaeroides, and Tetraodon. See also tetrodotoxin and tetrodotoxism … Medical dictionary
fish family — noun any of various families of fish • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Cobitidae, ↑family Cobitidae, ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae, ↑Electrophoridae, ↑family Electrophori … Useful english dictionary
Checkered puffer — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii … Wikipedia
Common toadfish — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii … Wikipedia
puffer — /puf euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that puffs. 2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming… … Universalium
Northern puffer — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
tetraodontiform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Tetraodontiformes, a group of primarily tropical marine fishes that evolved from the Perciformes (the typical advanced spiny rayed fishes) during the Eocene Period of the Cenozoic Era, about … Universalium
Narrow-lined puffer — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia