Diodon - Law Dictionary Search Results
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A fish of the genus Diodon such as Diodon holocanthus or the genus Tetraodon having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus It is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish See Globefish and Bur fish...
Globefish
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 hedgehog See Diodon...
Sea porcupine
Any fish of the genus Diodon and allied genera whose body is covered with spines See Illust under Diodon...
Diodon
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 taking in air or water and hence are called globefishes swellfishes etc Called also porcupine fishes and sea hedgehogs...
Diodont
Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon...
Gymnodont
One of a group of plectognath fishes Gymnodontes having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw as the diodonts and tetradonts See Bur fish Globefish Diodon...
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