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‖ Diodon Zool.|ˈdaɪədɒn|
[mod.L., f. Gr. type *διόδον doubly-toothed (sc. θηρίον animal), f. δι-, (di-2) twice + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- (in neuter adjs. -οδον) tooth.]
A genus of globe-fishes, having the jaws tipped with enamel, forming a tooth-like tubercle in the centre of the beak above and below.
The name has also been improperly given to a genus of South American falcons, and to the cetacean genus Ziphius.
1776Pennant Zool. III. 129 Oblong Diodon..Sun-fish from Mount's Bay. Ibid. 131 Short Diodon..Sun-fish from Loo. Ibid. 132 Globe Diodon. This species is common to Europe and South Carolina. 1840F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. II. 264 The Round Diodon, or Toad-fish. 1854Owen in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. II. 95/2 The..grinding tubercle of the diodon. |