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ALL meanings of porcupinefish

por·cu·pine·fish
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  • noun plural porcupinefish any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin. 1
  • noun porcupinefish any of a family (Diodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes) of tropical, marine bony fishes that can erect the long spines on their body by inflating themselves with air or water 0
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