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Definition of Spiny puffer
1. Noun. Puffers having rigid or erectile spines.
Group relationships: Diodontidae, Family Diodontidae
Specialized synonyms: Diodon Hystrix, Porcupine Fish, Porcupinefish, Balloonfish, Diodon Holocanthus, Burrfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiny Puffer
Literary usage of Spiny puffer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to Jamaica by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2005)
"spiny puffer fish. The light beige puffer fish (also known as a balloon fish,
and one look tells you why) resembles a little puffed-up ball scooting through ..."
2. Antigua, Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis Alive!by Paris Permenter, John Bigley by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2001)
"spiny puffer Fish. Like his name suggests, the light beige puffer fish (also
known as a balloon fish, and one glance tells you why) looks like a little ..."
3. Antigua, Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis Alive!by Paris Permenter, John Bigley by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2001)
"spiny puffer Fish. Like his name suggests, the light beige puffer fish (also
known as a balloon fish, and one glance tells you why) looks like a little ..."
4. Antigua, Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis Alive!by Paris Permenter, John Bigley by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2001)
"<s> spiny puffer Fish. Like his name suggests, the light beige puffer fish (also
known as a balloon fish, and one glance tells you why) looks like a little ..."
5. Caribbean by Barbara Ender-Jones (2001)
"French Antilles Dolls in Creole madras costume; an inflated spiny puffer fish
f/w/.v- son-herisson) which can become an off-beat lampshade if large enough; ..."
6. The Elementary Principles of General Biology by James Francis Abbott (1914)
"can withdraw, or like the porcupine or the spiny puffer-fish, an armor that wards
off the aggressor. Others, like the hermit crab, which utilizes the ..."
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