peixe-balão

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃi.baˈlɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃe.baˈlɐ̃w̃/
 

Noun

peixe-balão m (plural peixes-balão)

  1. blowfish (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)
    Synonym: baiacu (Brazil)