"porcupine fish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: porcupine fish [plural], porcupine fishes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|porcupine fish|+}} 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. Categories (lifeform): Tetraodontiforms Synonyms: porcupinefish Translations (a fish species that inflates itself when threatened to expose spines): siilikala (Finnish), Igelfisch [masculine] (German), kōpūtōtara (Maori), joi (Mokilese), baiacu [masculine] (Portuguese)

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