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Thesaurus: diodon

A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc.…

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  1. n. A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs.
  2. n. A genus of whales.
  3. 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs. 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of whales.
  4. A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth ofeach jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able toinflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are calledglobefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.
  5. n type genus of the Diodontidae