Word Meaning

Find the meaning or definition of a word or phrase in English


Meaning of diodon

- 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.
- A genus of whales.