- genus Chilomycterus
- nounburrfishes• Syn: ↑Chilomycterus• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Diodontidae, ↑family Diodontidae• Member Meronyms: ↑burrfish
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genus Chilomycterus
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Chilomycterus — n. a genus of fish, consisting of the burrfishes. Syn: genus {Chilomycterus}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chilomycterus — noun burrfishes • Syn: ↑genus Chilomycterus • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Diodontidae, ↑family Diodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fish genus — noun any of various genus of fish • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Cyprinus, ↑genus Cyprinus, ↑Abramis, ↑genus Abramis, ↑Tinca, ↑genus Tinca, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Porcupinefish — (Diodon nicthemerus) Photo by Mikkel Elbech Scientific classification Kingdo … Wikipedia
Diodontidae — noun spiny puffers • Syn: ↑family Diodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodontiformes … Useful english dictionary
Striped burrfish — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
family Diodontidae — noun spiny puffers • Syn: ↑Diodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodontiformes … Useful english dictionary
burrfish — noun any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines • Hypernyms: ↑spiny puffer • Member Holonyms: ↑Chilomycterus, ↑genus Chilomycterus … Useful english dictionary
porcupine fish — ▪ fish any of the spiny, shallow water fishes of the family Diodontidae, found in seas around the world, especially the species Diodon hystrix. They are related to the puffers and, like them, can inflate their bodies when provoked.… … Universalium
burrfish — /berr fish /, n., pl. burrfishes, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) burrfish. any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines. [so called from its spines; see BURR1, FISH] * * * … Universalium
