Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines.

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  • noun any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines

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Examples

  • The Nature Festival, he said, is a chance for people to get to know their neighbors - including some they may not have met previously, such as the striped burrfish, the gopher tortoise and the parchment worm.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • The Nature Festival, he said, is a chance for people to get to know their neighbors - including some they may not have met previously, such as the striped burrfish, the gopher tortoise and the parchment worm.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • The Nature Festival, he said, is a chance for people to get to know their neighbors - including some they may not have met previously, such as the striped burrfish, the gopher tortoise and the parchment worm.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • The Nature Festival, he said, is a chance for people to get to know their neighbors - including some they may not have met previously, such as the striped burrfish, the gopher tortoise and the parchment worm.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • I also saw lettuce slugs, a scorpionfish, a small orange sea horse, a spotted burrfish, a spotted trunkfish, spotted drum and a southern stingray.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • From National Geographic's extensive photo archives, here is an intriguing photo of a burrfish on a mic.

    Neatorama 2008

  • From National Geographic's extensive photo archives, here is an intriguing photo of a burrfish on a mic.

    Neatorama 2008

  • From National Geographic's extensive photo archives, here is an intriguing photo of a burrfish on a mic.

    Neatorama 2008

  • From National Geographic's extensive photo archives, here is an intriguing photo of a burrfish on a mic.

    Neatorama 2008

  • From National Geographic's extensive photo archives, here is an intriguing photo of a burrfish on a mic.

    Neatorama 2008

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