| 单词 | porcupine fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporcupine fish porcupine fish n. any of several tropical marine globefishes of the family Diodontidae; esp. Diodon hystrix, which has a characteristic parrot-like beak, sharp spines covering its body, and the ability to inflate itself when threatened; cf. sense 5c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Diodontidae (porcupine-fishes) > diodon hystrix (porcupine-fish) sea-hedgehog1598 porcupine fish1681 sea-porcupine1681 urchin fish1773 porcupine1859 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. ii. 106 A sort of Porcupine-Fish. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 220 From these I will proceed to the exotics,..the Porcupine Fish, the Porcupine Globe Fish, the Porcupine Bladder Fish. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 407 ‘Porcupine-fish’ (Chilomycterus reticulatus), looking..very much more like hedgehogs swimming about than porcupines. 1941 Iowa City Press-Citizen 11 Apr. 12/1 When cornered by its enemies, the puff or porcupine fish swells up like a toy balloon. 1990 Salt Water Sportsman Dec. 46/1 The unfortunate porcupine fish had puffed itself up to about one foot in diameter and was bobbing on the surface. < as lemmas |
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