globefish
- n any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
- The lanterns that shone in the dim dawn of Japanese history were globefishgutted, puffed, dried, and filled with live fireflies.
- At first, some suspected formalin, a pesticide used in globefish cultivation.
- When a neighbor recommended globefish as a particular delicacy, he offered some to his cow (who loved eels and herring).