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Definition of Diodon hystrix

1. Noun. Spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diodon Hystrix

Literary usage of Diodon hystrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"diodon hystrix. Although the porcupine-fish has been taken at various points on the east coast of the United States as far north as Massachusetts, ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The common porcupine-fish, diodon hystrix, is found in all seas, and often in abundance. It is a sluggish fish, olive and spotted with black. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"The skull and skin of the Porcupine Diodon. diodon hystrix—Lin: Fig. ... diodon hystrix. 1780. Jaws and skin of a small orbicular Diodon. ..."

4. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"Acus Müller, 141 ; type probably SYNGNATHUS ACUS L. Equivalent to SYNGNATHUS L. Orbis Müller, 141 ; type probably diodon hystrix L. Equivalent to DIODON L. ..."

5. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1916)
"In the present instance, the larger 1 Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, No. 50. 2 The figure of diodon hystrix, which is used ..."

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