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Meaning Of Diodon
n.
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.