PORCUPINE FISH

Meaning of PORCUPINE FISH in English

[porcupine fish] n (1681): any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) having sharp spines covering the body; esp: a spotted chiefly tropical fish (Diodon hystrix) that is olive to brown above with white below

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PORCUPINE FISH — noun Date: 1681 any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) that have sharp spines covering the body and inflate themselves …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PORCUPINE FISH — noun : any of various fishes of the family Diodontidae and especially of the genus Diodon that are widespread in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PORCUPINE FISH — n. porcupinefish, tropical ocean fish whose body is covered with strong sharp spines who inflates its body when threatened or …
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PORCUPINE FISH — Date: 1681 : any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) that have sharp spines covering the body and inflate themselves …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE FISH — Function: noun Date: 1681 : any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) that have sharp spines covering the body and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PORCUPINE FISH — ■ noun a spiny tropical marine fish which inflates itself when threatened. [ Diodon hystrix and other species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
PORCUPINE FISH — any of the spiny, shallow-water fishes of the family Diodontidae, found in seas around the world, especially the species Diodon …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORCUPINE FISH — (зоология) еж-рыба (Diodon)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PORCUPINE FISH — зоол. ёж-рыба ( Diodon )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PORCUPINE FISH — зоол. ёж-рыба ( Diodon )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PORCUPINE FISH — зоол. ёж-рыба ( Diodon )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PORCUPINE FISH — рыба-ёж (Diodon); pl двузубые, ежи-рыбы (Diodontidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PORCUPINE FISH — рыба-ёж ( Diodon ) ; pl двузубые, ежи-рыбы ( Diodontidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PORCUPINE FISH — (зоология) еж-рыба (Diodon)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PORCUPINE — histric, porcospine
English interlingue dictionary
PORCUPINE — geographical name river 448 miles (721 kilometers ) in N Yukon Territory & NE Alaska flowing N & W into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PORCUPINE — Heavy-bodied, solitary, slow-moving, nocturnal rodent with quills (modified hairs) along the back, tail, and, on certain crested species, the neck …
Английский словарь Британика
FISH — I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold-blooded vertebrate s found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species …
Английский словарь Британика
PORCUPINE — I. ˈpȯrkyəˌpīn, chiefly dial -kə̇ˌp- or -kēˌp- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English porke despyne, porkepin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FISH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — (n.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have …
Английский словарь Webster
PORCUPINE — (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Английский словарь Webster
PORCUPINE — ( n. ) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — ( n. ) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — /pawr"kyeuh puyn'/ , n. any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — — fishless , adj. /fish/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) fish , ( esp. referring to two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — n. large rodent covered with long sharp quills (native to Europe and North America)
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FISH
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — river 448 miles (721 kilometers ) in N Yukon Territory & NE Alaska flowing N & W into the Yukon
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — noun ( plural porcupines also porcupine ) Etymology: Middle English porke despyne, from Middle French porc espin, from Old Italian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — noun any old word rodent of the genus hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Webster English vocab
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE — ■ noun a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. [Families Hystricidae (Old World) and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PORCUPINE — [por.cu.pine] n, pl porcupines also porcupine [ME porkepin, fr. MF porc espin, fr. OIt porcospino, fr. L porcus pig + …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE — also called quill pig, any of the large, quill-bearing rodents of the families Erethizontidae and Hystricidae (order Rodentia). Porcupines are …
Britannica English vocabulary
FISH
Britannica English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — porcupine BrE AmE ˈpɔːk ju paɪn -jə- AmE \ ˈpɔːrk jə- ▷ porcupine|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — / ˈpɔːkjupaɪn; NAmE ˈpɔːrk-/ noun an animal covered with long stiff parts like needles (called quills ), which it can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — por ‧ cu ‧ pine /ˈpɔːkjəpaɪn, ˈpɔːkjʊpaɪn $ ˈpɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FISH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PORCUPINE — n. 1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FISH — n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PORCUPINE — n. 1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FISH — n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — n.1 any rodent of the family Hystricidae native to Africa, Asia, and SE Europe, or the family Erethizontidae native to …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1. a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly …
Oxford English vocab
PORCUPINE — ( porcupines) A porcupine is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH — ( fish, or fishes, fishes, fishing, fished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORCUPINE — (~s) A ~ is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as protection …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PORCUPINE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And there, just in front of this cave, lifeless and on its back, lay a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fish pond a fishing boat ▪ The fishing boats go out to sea …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — n. Heavy-bodied, solitary, slow-moving, nocturnal rodent with quills (modified hairs) along the back, tail, and, on certain crested species, the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH — n. fish farming fish duck fish hawk archer fish blind fish bony fish fish poisoning Fish Hamilton flying fish Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, Chinook salmon, G, G-note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — сущ. 1) зоол. дикобраз 2) текст. ножевой барабан (зоология) дикобраз (Hystrix gen) (зоология) еж-рыба (Diodon) (текстильное) поркюпайн, ножевой барабан игольчатый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PORCUPINE — n 1. зоол. дикобраз ( Hystrix gen. ) 2. = porcupine fish 3. текст. 1> поркюпайн, ножевой барабан 2> игольчатый …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FISH
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Merriam-Webster English vocab

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