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SWELLFISH
Etymology
Noun
swellfish (plural swellfishes or swellfish)
(zoology) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, such as the pufferfish.
Source: Wiktionary
Swell"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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