Sea porcupine
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sea porcupine — noun 1. : porcupine fish 2. : sea urchin * * * sea porcupine noun Another name for the globe fish (genus Diodon) • • • Main Entry: ↑sea * * * sea porcupine … Useful english dictionary
Porcupine (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Porcupine Type = Album Artist = Echo the Bunnymen Released = 4 February 1983 Recorded = Trident Studios, Soho, London, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales and Amazon Studios, Liverpool Genre = Post punk Length = 44:56 Label … Wikipedia
sea hedgehog — ilgaspaiglė ežiažuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Diodon hystrix angl. giant porcupine fish; long spined porcupine fish; sea hedgehog; spotted porcupine fish rus. длинношипая рыба ёж ryšiai:… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Sea hedgehog — Hedgehog Hedge hog , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[ae]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porcupine ray — Taxobox name = Porcupine ray status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes ordo = Rajiformes familia = Dasyatidae genus = Urogymnus species = U. asperrimus binomial = Urogymnus asperrimus… … Wikipedia
porcupine fish — Globefish Globe fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A plectognath fish of the genera {Diodon}, {Tetrodon}, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also {porcupine fish}, and {sea… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
porcupine fishes — Diodon Di o*don, n. [Gr. di = di s twice + odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sea hedgehog — Globefish Globe fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A plectognath fish of the genera {Diodon}, {Tetrodon}, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also {porcupine fish}, and {sea… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sea hedgehogs — Diodon Di o*don, n. [Gr. di = di s twice + odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crested Porcupine — in captivity Conservation status … Wikipedia
