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Answer for the clue "Type genus of the Diodontidae ", 6 letters:
diodon

Word definitions for diodon in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diodon \Di"o*don\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Porcupinefishes or balloonfishes , are any of the various species of the genus Diodon , the type genus of Diodontidae .

Usage examples of diodon.

Paul's Rocks, non-volcanic -- Singular Incrustations -- Insects the first Colonists of Islands -- Fernando Noronha -- Bahia -- Burnished Rocks -- Habits of a Diodon -- Pelagic Confervae and Infusoria -- Causes of discoloured Sea.