PORCUPINE FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does porcupine fish mean? 

• PORCUPINE FISH (noun)
  The noun PORCUPINE FISH has 1 sense:

1. spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters

  Familiarity information: PORCUPINE FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORCUPINE FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Diodon hystrix; porcupine fish; porcupinefish

Hypernyms ("porcupine fish" is a kind of...):

spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)

Holonyms ("porcupine fish" is a member of...):

Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)