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porcupine fish
noun
- 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 calledglobefish
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We have received many curious specimens: sea-horse, porcupine-fish, key-hole shells, etc.
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They leave him alone; and the Porcupine-fish goes back to his usual shape, the spines lying flat until wanted again.
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Some have bony coats of mail and sometimes the coat of mail is covered with thorns, as in the porcupine-fish.
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