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Definition of Diodon holocanthus
1. Noun. Similar to but smaller than porcupinefish.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diodon Holocanthus
Literary usage of Diodon holocanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The diodon holocanthus lives in all the seas between the tropics. Like the atinga
it gives itself up to very violent and rapid movements when it finds ..."
2. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1904)
"Diodon holocanthus I.inn:i n-. 1.ау-:ш Island. One specimen 235 mm. long. The fins
are immaculate. There are 10 or 12 small dusky spots scattered over the ..."