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porcupine fish

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porcupine fish
n.
Any of various tropical marine fishes of the family Diodontidae, having strong sharp spines on the body and capable of inflating themselves when attacked.
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Noun1.porcupine fishporcupine 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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