Tetraodon

See also: tetraodon

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Tetraodon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tetraodontidae – the pufferfishes widely distributed, from Africa to Southeast Asia.

Synonyms

• (genus): blowfish, blowie, globefish, puffer

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Tetraodontiformes - order; Tetraodontidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tetraodon biocellatus - eyespot puffer, figure-eight puffer. See Tetraodon on WikipediaWikipedia for more.

Translations

the genus Tetraodon of the family Tetraodontidae

• German: Kugelfisch (de) m, (Tetraodon biocellatus) Palembang-Kugelfisch m
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• Volapük: tetrodun

References

• Tetraodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tetraodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tetraodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons