porcupine fish

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porcupine fish

Any of various tropical marine fishes of the family Diodontidae, having strong sharp spines on the body and capable of inflating themselves when attacked.

porcupine fish

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various plectognath fishes of the genus Diodon and related genera, of temperate and tropical seas, having a body that is covered with sharp spines and can be inflated into a globe: family Diodontidae Also called globefish

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porcupine fish - spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters

Diodon hystrix, porcupinefish

spiny puffer - puffers having rigid or erectile spines

Diodon, genus Diodon - type genus of the Diodontidae

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porcupine fish

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