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gnarl (iou) and bur fish (medicine)


gnarl (iou)



gnarl verb2 trans. [n¨»:l] E19.
[Back-form. from GNARLED.]
Contort, twist, make knotted and rugged like an old tree. Chiefly as gnarled pa. pple.

bur fish (medicine)


bur fish
<zoology> A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (especially. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.

Synonym: ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.

Source: Websters Dictionary