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Noun: Diodon hystrix
  1. Spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
    - porcupinefish, porcupine fish

Type of: spiny puffer

Part of: Diodon, genus Diodon

Encyclopedia: Diodon hystrix

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Dinornithiformes
dinosaur
dinosaurian
dint
diocesan
diocese
Diocletian
diode
Diodon
Diodon holocanthus
Diodon hystrix
Diodontidae
Diodora apertura
dioecian
dioecious
dioestrous
dioestrual
Diogenes
diol
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea nigripes