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PORCUPINEFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does porcupinefish mean?
• PORCUPINEFISH (noun)
The noun PORCUPINEFISH has 1 sense:
1. spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
Familiarity information: PORCUPINEFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("porcupinefish" is a kind of...):
spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)
Holonyms ("porcupinefish" is a member of...):
Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)
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