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Answer for the clue "Spines become erect when the body is inflated ", 13 letters:
porcupinefish

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n. spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters [syn: porcupine fish , Diodon hystrix ]

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Porcupinefish are fish belonging to the family Diodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes ), also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish . They are sometimes collectively called pufferfish , not to be confused with the morphologically ...