单词 | Diodon |
例句 | A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Several fish of the genera Diodon and Tetraodon, beset with sharp spines, which they can erect by inflating themselves with air. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There is a fish, the Diodon antennatus, that gets the better of the shark in a curious manner. White Shadows in the South Seas One day I was amused by watching the habits of the Diodon antennatus, which was caught swimming near the shore. The Voyage of the Beagle Cuvier doubts whether the Diodon in this position is able to swim; but not only can it thus move forward in a straight line, but it can turn round to either side. The Voyage of the Beagle |
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