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DIODON HYSTRIX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
Synonyms:
Diodon hystrix; porcupine fish; porcupinefish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Diodon hystrix" is a kind of...):
spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)
Holonyms ("Diodon hystrix" is a member of...):
Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)