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Barfish vs Burfish - What's the difference?

barfish | burfish |

As nouns the difference between barfish and burfish

is that barfish is a (yellow bass), while burfish is a spinose plectognath fish of the atlantic coast of the united states (especially chilo mycterus geometricus ) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.

barfish

English

(wikipedia barfish) (Morone) (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)

Noun

(es)
  • A (yellow bass),
  • A (white bass),
  • A (black crappie),

    • burfish

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus ) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.
    • (Webster 1913)