porcupine fish

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.

porcupine fish

n

(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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

porcupine fish

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