trunkfish

Noun
Synonyms: boxfish

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony platesSynonyms: boxfish
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish. [1913 Webster]
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]
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