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Meaning of porcupine fish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened.

Equivalents

Deutsch Igelfisch

Suomi siilikala

Polski najeżka

Português baiacu

Examples

“I took a knife down from where it hung on the side of the fireplace, & place the sharp tip against the taut body of the porcupine fish.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

porcupine flower porcupine grass porcupine puffer Porcupine Ridge porcupine tomato porcupinefish