Burrfish
any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
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- Burramys
noun the very rare mountain pigmy possum, Burramys parvus, of Australia. It is about the size of a rat and restricted in habitat to very high altitudes, mainly Mt Hotham, Victoria. Until 1966 it was known only as a fossil