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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 balloonfish
 河豚

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 bal·loon·fish, bal·loon fish Zool. A fish of the genus Diodon (such as Diodon holocanthus) or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus.  It is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish.  See Globefish, and Bur fish.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 balloonfish
      n : similar to but smaller than porcupinefish [syn: Diodon
           holocanthus]