Tetraodontidae

Translingual

Tetraodon fluviatilis (green pufferfish)

Etymology

From Tetraodon +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Tetraodontidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – a family of fish, such as the pufferfish.
   • 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1]:

     Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Tetraodontiformes – order; Tetraodontoidei – suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Arothron, Auriglobus, Canthigaster, Carinotetraodon, Chelonodon, Colomesus, Contusus, Ephippion, Feroxodon, Gastrophysus, Javichthys, Lagocephalus, Liosaccus, Marilyna, Monotretus, Omegaphora, Pelagocephalus, Polyspina, Reicheltia, Sphoeroides, Takifugu (syn. Fugu), Tetractenos, Tetraodon, Torquigener, Tylerius, Xenopterus – genera

Further reading

• Tetraodontidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tetraodontidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tetraodontidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons