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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae of warm coastal waters, having a roundish body and an erectile spine on the anterior dorsal fin that locks upright when the fish is threatened.

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  • noun any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs, and have an erectile spine on its dorsal fin

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  • noun any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin

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Examples

  • However it does raise a schwit1 sends along an Ars Technica report covering the release of documents obtained under the FOIA suggesting that the Justice Department may have been evading privacy laws in their use of "triggerfish" technology.

    Slashgeo 2009

  • But documents obtained by civil liberties groups under a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that 'triggerfish' technology can be used to pinpoint cell phones without involving cell phone providers at all.

    Slashgeo 2009

  • The documents do indicate that at least currently, the FBI's standard procedure is to seek a court order before using "triggerfish" to track cell phones.

    Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009

  • But documents obtained by civil liberties groups under a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that "triggerfish" technology can be used to pinpoint cell phones without involving cell phone providers at all.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • "triggerfish" technology - a cell site simulator that forces cell phones in the area to register its phone number, serial number and location - allowing it to track cell phones on its own.

    Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009

  • "triggerfish" technology, the government can side-step that process.

    Phone Scoop - Latest News 2008

  • "triggerfish" technology can be used to pinpoint cell phones without involving cell phone providers at all.

    Prometheus 6 - All respect and no restraint 2008

  • In the one below, host Bear Grylls, who is stuck on a Pacific Island, eats the eyeballs out of a triggerfish.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • Striped bass works well here because it is dense, flaky and widely available—though, for his restaurants, Mr. Schwartz says he would use a catch from local waters, such as triggerfish.

    Striped Bass with Grapefruit and Pickled Radish 2011

  • In the one below, host Bear Grylls, who is stuck on a Pacific Island, eats the eyeballs out of a triggerfish.

    Raw Eyeballs and Life-Saving Lures 2010

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