burrfish

[ bur-fish ]

noun,plural burr·fish·es, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) burr·fish.
  1. any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.

Origin of burrfish

1
So called from its spines; see burr1, fish

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