porcupinefish

Noun

Meaning

spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Diodon hystrix blowfish puffer puff boxfish moonfish cowfish sunfish globefish pufferfish burrfish tetrodotoxin fugu balloonfish swellfish
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Hypernyms

spiny puffer

Examples

They are generally slow. citation Porcupinefish have the ability to inflate their bodies by swallowing water or air, thereby becoming rounder. Source: Internet

Porcupinefish are fish belonging to the family Diodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes ), also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

porcupine puffer Porcupine River Porcupine Seabight porcupines porcupinish Pordenone