noun🔗ShareChilomycterus 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. "fishanimalorganismbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading