porcupine fish

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porcupine fish

noun porcupine fish · porcupine fishes · porcupine-fish · porcupinefish

Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened. I took a knife down from where it hung on the side of the fireplace, & place the sharp tip against the taut body of the porcupine fish.
Similar: sea porcupine

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noun a fish species that inflates itself when threatened to expose spines

Português	baiacu
Deutsch	Igelfisch

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@misc{porcupine_fish_2026,
  title = {porcupine fish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porcupine%20fish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}