Found 2 items, similar to porcupine fish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: porcupine fish porcupine fish n : spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters [syn: porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix]
English → English (gcide) Definition: porcupine fish Globefish \Globe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]