porcupine fish

Variant of porcupinefish

porcupinefish definition

por·cu·pine·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. porcupinefish -·fish′

any of a family (Diodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes) of tropical, marine bony fishes that can erect the long spines on their body by inflating themselves with air or water
also written porcupine fish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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