Definition of Diodon holocanthus

1. Noun. Similar to but smaller than porcupinefish.

Exact synonyms: Balloonfish
Generic synonyms: Spiny Puffer
Group relationships: Diodon, Genus Diodon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diodon Holocanthus

Dinajpur District
Dinarization
Dindymene
Dinesen
Dingle
Dinka
Dino Paul Crocetti
Dinocerata
Dinoflagellata
Dinornis giganteus
Dinornithidae
Dinornithiformes
Diocletian
Dioctophyma
Dioctophyma renale
Diodon holocanthus (current term)
Diodon hystrix
Diodontidae
Diodora apertura
Diogenean
Diogenes
Diogenes cup
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea nigripes
Diomedeidae
Diomedes
Dion
Dionaea muscipula
Dione
Dionean

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 ..."

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