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DIODON HOLOCANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Diodon holocanthus mean?
• DIODON HOLOCANTHUS (noun)
The noun DIODON HOLOCANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
Familiarity information: DIODON HOLOCANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
balloonfish; Diodon holocanthus
Hypernyms ("Diodon holocanthus" is a kind of...):
spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)
Holonyms ("Diodon holocanthus" is a member of...):
Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)
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