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porcupinefish

porcupinefish is the alternative form 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

Forms of porcupinefish

pluralporcupinefish
pluralporcupinefishes

Questions about porcupinefish

What is porcupinefish the alternative form of?
Porcupinefish is the alternative form of porcupine fish.

Words near porcupinefish in the dictionary

  1. porcupine puffers
  2. Porcupine Ridge
  3. porcupine tomato
  4. porcupine-fish
  5. porcupine-fishes
  6. porcupinefish
  7. porcupinefishes
  8. porcupines
  9. porcupinesque
  10. porcupinish
  11. Pordenone

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