COWFISH

cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis

(noun) trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)

Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.

The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.

A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.

A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.

A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)

Synonyms

• (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis

Source: Wiktionary


Cow"fish` (-fch`), n. (Zoöl.) (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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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