burrfish

English

A burrfish from the Gulf of Mexico.

Etymology

burr +‎ fish

Noun

burrfish (plural burrfishes or burrfish)

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

Translations

a type of fish

Maori: nohu, kōpūwaitōtara, kōpūtōtara

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