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Definition 2024
porcupine_fish
porcupine fish
See also: porcupinefish
English
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Noun
porcupine fish (countable and uncountable, plural porcupine fishes)
- Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened.
Translations
a fish species that inflates itself when threatened to expose spines
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