spiny puffer

/ˌspaɪni ˌpʌfər/
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Definitions of spiny puffer
  1. noun
    puffers having rigid or erectile spines
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    types:
    Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish, porcupinefish
    spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
    Diodon holocanthus, balloonfish
    similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
    burrfish
    any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
    type of:
    plectognath, plectognath fish
    tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
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