porcupine fish

See also: porcupinefish

English

porcupine fish

Alternative forms

• porcupinefish

Noun

porcupine fish (plural porcupine fish or porcupine fishes)

1. 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

• German: Igelfisch m
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• Maori: kōpūtōtara