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Definition of fahaka in Turkish English dictionary
- globefish
- Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe
- Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog
- {i} any species of fish which inflates its extended body with water until it is spherical (as a form of self-defense); sea urchin, blowfish, puffer
- 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 globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form
- A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera
- Any of many unrelated marine fish, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe