porcupine fish

British  

noun

1. Also called: globefish.  any of various plectognath fishes of the genus Diodon and related genera, of temperate and tropical seas, having a body that is covered with sharp spines and can be inflated into a globe: family Diodontidae

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Example Sentences

There is an assortment of taxidermied specimens, including a mouse and an olive-backed thrush; eggs from a brown pelican; a porcupine fish; and the jaw of a crocodile.

From New York Times

All this while our trolling gear was in tow: the boy's a "phantom minnow" bristling with barbs, a veritable porcupine fish; mine a fluted spoon.

From Project Gutenberg

Protected in their spined shells, which they captured from the schools of porcupine fish that swarmed in Penguin Deep, they gathered sea vegetation from the higher levels and trapped sea creatures.

From Project Gutenberg