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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

globe·fish / ˈglōbˌfish/ (pl. same or -fish·es) • n. 1. a pufferfish or a porcupine fish. 2. an ocean sunfish. See sunfish (sense 1).

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