PORCUPINE FISH

Meaning of PORCUPINE FISH in English

noun

: any of various fishes of the family Diodontidae and especially of the genus Diodon that are widespread in tropical seas and have flesh which is usually regarded as inedible or poisonous

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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 — 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 — [porcupine fish] n (1681): any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) having sharp spines covering the body; esp: a spotted …
Merriam-Webster 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 )
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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

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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