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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
2. 2
   any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

burfish

Etymology

From burr + fish.

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