Category:Diodon

Di"o*don, n. Etym: [Gr. diodon.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of whales.