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A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; - called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bur Fish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bur-fish.html. 1828.
 
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