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

(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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