HyperDic: diodon_hystrix

English > 1 sense of the expression Diodon hystrix:
NOUNanimalDiodon hystrix, porcupinefish, porcupine fishspines become erect when the body is inflated
English > Diodon hystrix: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningspines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide / worldwide in warm waters.
Synonymsporcupinefish, porcupine fish
Member ofDiodon, genus Diodontype genus of the Diodontidae
Broaderspiny pufferpuffers having rigid or erectile spines
Spanishdiodontidae
Catalandiodòntid

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