Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trunkfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging
to the genus {Ostracion}, or the family {Ostraciontid[ae]},
having an angular body covered with a rigid integument
consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called
also {coffer fish}, and {boxfish}.
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)
trunkfish
n : any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head
encased in bony plates [syn: {boxfish}]
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