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What does bur fish mean?
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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