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Webster 1913 Edition
Diodon
Di′o-don
,Noun.
[Gr.
δι-
= δίσ-
twice + ὀδούς
, ὀδόντος
, a tooth: cf. F. diodon
.] 1.
(Zool.)
A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called
globefishes
, swellfishes
, etc. Called also porcupine fishes
, and sea hedgehogs
. 2.
(Zool.)
A genus of whales.
Webster 1828 Edition
Diodon
DIODON
,Noun.