DIODON HYSTRIX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters

Synonyms:

Diodon hystrix; porcupine fish; porcupinefish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Diodon hystrix" is a kind of...):

spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)

Holonyms ("Diodon hystrix" is a member of...):

Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)

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