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单词 porcupinefish
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
por•cu•pine•fish  (pôrkyə pīn′fish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fishany 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.
  • porcupine + fish 1675–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
porcupine fish n
  1. any of various plectognath fishes of the genus Diodon and related genera, of temperate and tropical seas, having a body that is covered with sharp spines and can be inflated into a globe: family Diodontidae
    Also called: globefish
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