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Pufferfish vs Boxfish - What's the difference?

pufferfish | boxfish |

As nouns the difference between pufferfish and boxfish

is that pufferfish is 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; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish while boxfish is any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish.

pufferfish

English

(wikipedia pufferfish) (wikispecies)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
  • A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu .

    • Synonyms

    * (fish) balloonfish, blowfish, globefish, puffer, swellfish * (dish) fugu

    boxfish

    English

    (wikipedia boxfish) (Ostraciidae) (Ostraciidae)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish.