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What does diodon mean?
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. Called also porcupine fishes , and sea hedgehogs .

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