Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cowfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (-f?ch`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cowfish
n : trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes [syn: {Lactophrys
quadricornis}]
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