BOXFISH

boxfish, trunkfish

(noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)

Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

Synonyms

• (both senses): cofferfishes

Coordinate terms

• (fish of the family Ostraciidae): cowfishes, trunkfishes, turretfish

Source: Wiktionary

Box"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The trunkfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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