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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Diodon
Diodon
n : type genus of the Diodontidae [syn:
genus Diodon]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diodon
Diodon
\Di"o*don\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of whales.
[1913 Webster]
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