noun🔗Shareسمكة النيصChilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body."While snorkeling in the shallow waters, we spotted a burrfish hiding among the rocks, its short, blunt spines giving it a less threatening appearance than its cousin, the porcupinefish. "أثناء الغطس في المياه الضحلة، رأينا سمكة النيص تختبئ بين الصخور، وأعطته أشواكه القصيرة والمدببة مظهرًا أقل تهديدًا من ابن عمه، سمكة الشيهم.fishanimalorganismbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading