poisonous fish with bloated stomach; bloated, swollen, inflated

Zorc 1969

a fish that inflates when touched

Adriani 1928

tadpole; species of large-bellied fish: Tetradon lunaris; large-bellied

Mintz and Britanico 1985

species of small poisonous ocean fish which sometimes swells up like a balloon: Tetradon sp.

Headland and Headland 1974

general name for pufferfishes

Wolff 1972

for rice sheathes to swell prior to blossoming

Wolff 1972

kind of large, fat marine fish, about half a meter long and covered with spines, esp. on the back; its gall is poisonous and its meat is rarely eaten. This term is also applied to short, big-bellied persons

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

species of fish with poisonous bile. It has no spines, and is similar to the #ponayo in form: Lethrinus sp., Arothron stellatus, Tetraodontidae Tetraodon sp., puffer

Yamada 1976

venomous fish

Forman 1971

poisonous fish with large abdomen (can be eaten if the poison is first removed)

Svelmoe and Svelmoe 1990

bloated, as fish, or stomach with wind; fish with air-filled entrails

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

something with a bloated belly

Steller and Aebersold 1959

species of globelike fish: Tetrodon lunaris; large-bellied

Panganiban 1966

species of globe-like fish: Tetradon lunaris Bl.

Schlegel 1971, Reid p.c.

(of children) emaciated, but with a distended belly

Schlegel 1971, Reid p.c.