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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes;
[syn: cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Grampus \Gram"pus\, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.] 1. (Zool.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.] Granade
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.) (a) The grampus. (b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii). (c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cowfish n 1: trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes [syn: cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis]