Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

burrfish

American  
[bur-fish] / ˈbɜrˌfɪʃ /

noun

PLURAL

burrfishes

PLURAL

burrfish

  1. any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.

Etymology

Origin of burrfish

So called from its spines; burr 1, fish

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A striped burrfish, which looks like an underwater porcupine, swims by.

From Washington Post

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.