burrfish

English

Etymology

From burr +‎ fish.

Noun

burrfish (plural burrfishes or burrfish)

  1. Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
    Synonym: burfish

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