diodon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of the Diodontidae
    genus Diodon.

WordNet

Di"o*don noun
Etymology
Gr. = twice + , , a tooth: cf. F. diodon.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.) A genus of whales.

Webster 1913