porcupinefish

porcupinefish
/pawr"kyeuh puyn'fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) porcupinefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) porcupinefishes.
any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, esp. Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
[1675-85; PORCUPINE + FISH]

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