A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonyfish
bulfinch
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushwife
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
dumbfish
feeblish
feeblish
adj
Somewhat feeble.
fishable
fishable
adj
(of a lake, pond etc.) Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing
(of a species of fish) Able to be fished legally
(of fishing equipment) Able to be used for fishing.
fishback
fishbein
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishbolt
fishbolt
noun
(engineering) A bolt used to fasten fishplates.
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
friborgh
frithbot
frubbish
herbwife
numbfish
numbfish
noun
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.