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Diodon
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.
2. A genus of whales.