porcupine fish
noun
: any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) that have sharp spines covering the body and inflate themselves into a sphere when threatened
especially : a spotted chiefly tropical fish (Diodon hystrix) that is olive to brown above with white below
Word History
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined above
- casting net
- casting off
- excoriating
- excoriation
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- excoriators
- excorticate
- excorticated
- excorticates
- excorticating
- excpt
- excrement
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- excrements
- excrescence
- excrescences
- excrescencies
- excrescency
- excrescent
- excrescential
- excrescently
- excression
- excreta