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porcupine fishes

porcupine fishes is the plural of porcupine fish.

Meaning of porcupine fish

Noun

porcupine fish (plural porcupine fish or porcupine fishes)

  1. 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.2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 161
    Synonyms:
    sea porcupine

Questions about porcupine fishes

What is porcupine fishes the plural of?
Porcupine fishes is the plural of porcupine fish.

Words near porcupine fishes in the dictionary

  1. porcupine anoles
  2. porcupine crab
  3. porcupine crabs
  4. Porcupine Creek
  5. porcupine fish
  6. porcupine fishes
  7. porcupine flower
  8. porcupine grass
  9. porcupine grasses
  10. porcupine puffer
  11. porcupine puffers

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